upset
Example Sentences
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That decision upset some participants, people familiar with the matter said.
"To find something like that and knowing there was nothing you could do to help them, it was certainly upsetting."
From BBC
The man who spent fight week promising the greatest upset in sporting history instead avoided engagement.
From BBC
By halftime the possibility of a massive upset had crept uncomfortably upward for UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times
Paul, meanwhile, failed to deliver on his promise to pull off the greatest upset in sporting history.
From BBC
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