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Some have apologized for the affront and consoled customers, helping them move through the stages of grief to acceptance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Opposition has also coalesced around religious appeals from a theologically diverse group of residents, leaders and politicians who see data center development as an affront to their most sacred values.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

“It’s of course an affront to the victims of the Holocaust to to call Germany to abandon its culture of memory, but it’s also an imminent danger to German democracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Meloni's government colleagues and MPs called the remarks offensive, damaging to Italy's dignity and deserving of an apology, while opposition members condemned the comments as an unacceptable affront to the country as a whole.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Forms of race discrimination that were open and notorious for centuries were transformed in the 1960s and 1970s into something un-American—an affront to our newly conceived ethic of colorblindness.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Travelers’ affronts in Europe’s tourist zones are sometimes glaringly apparent: pounding music from late-night parties, or puddles of vomit on doorsteps in quiet residential streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

The exploitation of the poor, migrants and women are also described as affronts to human dignity.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2024

The R.J.C. has taken a tougher stance on perceived affronts to the Jewish community before.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

Toomey, of course, was detailing these affronts in the cool comfort of the Senate.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022

He realized that a display of temper would only invite further affronts.

From Spotted Deer by Elmer Gregor

"He brings in the female demographic because he is so sexy - but he appeals to men. He's an honest, good, authentic, down-to-earth type of individual. So you don't really get affronted by him."

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

An afterthought if not a redheaded stepchild, though expect affronted fellow media outlets to freak out because of what NBC News once was, not what it is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

But it wasn’t just Catholics who were affronted.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

Catholic bishops Monday, warning that the forceful removal of immigrants affronted the "infinite and transcendent dignity" accorded to all human beings and would "end badly."

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025

Bagman looked almost affronted, but couldn’t say much more as Fred and George turned up at that point.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

He was a peacock: intent on blinding small people with his brilliance, affronting an older generation he detested and belittling everyone but himself - especially Vivienne.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022

He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2017

It’s a mildly affronting experience that — as with some other signifiers of the modern world, a child’s noisy video game included — seems to help push him into nature.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2015

The possibilities for gaining some fresh perspectives on popular culture, past and present, seem worth the risk of affronting our conventional biographical expectations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, The insult of this secrecy must end, The shrouding and affronting soil of it.

From Porzia by Cale Young Rice