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hurly burly

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Noun1.hurly burly - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter
disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
turmoil, upheaval, convulsion - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"
incident - a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"
stir, splash - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared"
tempest, storm - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
storm center, storm centre - a center of trouble or disturbance
garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion
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in this sort of world, where no sort of stability is possible even for an instant, and where all things are swept up in the hurly burly of change, everything plunges ahead, races on, tries to keep its balance on the tightrope through a constant striding motionbliss is absolutely unthinkable.
The ultimacy of death by Hannon, Amy Sabatini / Cross Currents
Among the 20 groups that will be perform are: Luck Down, Freeway People, Ruin, Cabbage Nectar and Hurly Burly.
CITY'S 34TH BIRTHDAY MARKED BY SIMI VALLEY DAYS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
But is there truth to this argument that Curia Cardinals are stuffed shirts who know little or nothing about pastoral practice because they are administrators removed from the hurly burly of daily life?
Yes, we are listening! by Catholic Insight
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