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Recent Examples of pandemonium The pandemonium erupted at Coney Island Beach on the sand at around 6:30 p.m. when a fight broke out leading to multiple people being taken into custody, police told Fox News Digital. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025 Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke’s head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025 The pandemonium did not end there, as Manning ended up storming out for revenge. Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 As the campaign intensifies, so does the pandemonium of the pandemic era with news coverage and social media posts stoking the flames of right-wing conspiracy, rising racial reckoning and protests against police brutality. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pandemonium
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Noun
  • The bus driver heard the commotion, pulled over and told everyone to get off.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 July 2025
  • Despite the commotion and all the onlookers, Monica does not recall anyone else trying to break up the altercation.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • The supervillain reveals it to the world, turning the public against Superman and making Supes’ life hell, including kidnapping his dog Krypto.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 July 2025
  • But this place is something of a personal hell; Harper entered Monday with a lower OPS here than in any other National League ballpark.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Police standoff after murders Lenexa police responded around 8:30 p.m. to the Donovan family home in the 7900 block of Hallet Street for a reported armed disturbance.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
  • The tropical disturbance the National Hurricane Center is currently eyeing is hundreds of miles away from the Caribbean, in a stretch of ocean hurricane scientists call the main development region.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The issue was brought to his attention by reporting from The Bee and other news outlets highlighting a stark difference between state and federal law concerning who can be licensed to work with high-grade explosives like those that sparked an inferno in Esparto on July 1.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2025
  • Edison International Chief Executive Pedro Pizarro told The Times in April that evidence including videos and data from the lines suggests the possibility that the idle equipment was reenergized through a phenomenon called induction and sparked the inferno.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Among the topics discussed: Nikola Jokic caused a stir in NBA circles by … doing nothing?!
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
  • The allegations created quite a stir—and resulted in litigation.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Critics, among them Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, have claimed Maxwell’s father held ties to the Mossad, arguing that Epstein was involved in a shadowy underworld connected to an intelligence apparatus.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2025
  • Pulp Fiction, about two hitmen — portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta — and how their exploits intersect with the lives of a cast of characters existing in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, also stars Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Regardless of the political turmoil and debate around the cryptoasset sector the fact remains that institutional adoption has continued virtually unabated.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • Your new book dives into themes like corruption and cultural turmoil.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Getting pulled over and receiving a ticket can put a damper on a road trip in a hurry.
    Will McGough, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • The first New Jersey State Constitution, like many others written during the early months of the Revolutionary War, was drafted in a hurry.
    Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025

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“Pandemonium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandemonium. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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