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How to pronounce hurly burly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, to-do
Type of disorder
Has types earthquake, garboil, incident, splash, stir, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, turmoil, upheaval, convulsion, uproar

Examples of hurly burly

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Will China be able to embrace the hurly burly of the entrepreneurial marketplace?
From the economist.com
John and Carlene Baker had moved here to get away from the hurly-burly of the city.
From the latimes.com
Perhaps you are sipping a drink and enjoying being away from the office hurly-burly.
From the economist.com
Director Bharat Nalluri relies on the hurly-burly excess of musical theater.
From the denverpost.com
The hurly-burly of chariot races made neck-and-neck competition virtually impossible.
From the guardian.co.uk
They deliberate in secret, insulated and remote from the hurly-burly of American politics.
From the time.com
But within the hurly burly of family-hood, it's hard to keep it completely under control.
From the nzherald.co.nz
We live in the suburbs, but our daughter likes the hurly-burly of the city much better.
From the boston.com
On the Saturday night, Hunt looked lost within the hurly-burly of his first genuine AFL game.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au