as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the exhilarating feverishness of the final stages of a political campaign
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Noun
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Travelers not seeking football frenzy should avoid the fall, when hotel and airfare prices skyrocket and crowds are large.—
Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
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January was set to host a free-agent frenzy, with most league veterans aligning their contracts to expire in advance of the new CBA.—
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The agent took this to be a reference to the multifaceted terror rampage in France, which killed at least 130 people in 2015.—
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Trump’s rampage through federal programs has proven a liability there.—
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Paster is prepared for the fever dream of a press trail that awaits them.—
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Symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, vomiting and fever come on suddenly, and may be mistaken for other minor illnesses.—
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“Feverishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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