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outrage

[out-reyj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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The incident in April 2024 sparked global outrage and renewed calls to ensure the safety of aid workers in Gaza.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

But the greatest threat they face, at least in terms of public opinion, is not outrage but indifference.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Her comments led to a huge outrage and Twisha's father said it was an attempt to tarnish his daughter's name.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Sacks said in June that retaining customer data was “creating a new level of AI haves and have-nots,” and fueling outrage among software developers using the tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Ann marched home, still trembling, but now her outrage was mixed with fear and uncertainty.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Not if you’re a newbie trying to join an intergalactic police force devoted to stopping interplanetary outrages.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

It reveals an American elite blinded to outrages occurring in plain view, due to the clubby nature of high society.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2025

In an interview with historian Brian Harrison in the 1970s, Jessie recalled the so-called "pillar box outrages" were planned "with military precision."

From BBC Apr. 6, 2025

The full list of outrages is too long to list here, and I assume that most informed readers know about most of them.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

These nasty trains, I thought, and all the outrages I’d read of.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

They were outraged about the lack of government accountability surrounding the closure of the Exide battery recycling plant in nearby Vernon that had contaminated thousands of homes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Press freedom groups were outraged when it was announced two years ago that the media in Cameroon were banned from reporting on Biya's health.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Senior officials who had overseen the subpoenas’ issuance acknowledged to an outraged Judge Arun Subramanian that the subpoenas were riddled with errors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was "shaken and outraged" by the attack on "our open society, our way of life" and expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the dead woman.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

“Straight up and first door on the landing,” said Miss Persimmon, and she went hurrying away down the passage saying: “Mrs. Wigg indeed!” to herself in a high, thin, outraged voice.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

A month later, he posted on X: “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” outraging many of his anti-vaccine supporters.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

In the months since, he has expanded the deployments of troops to US cities, outraging critics.

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

Russia enacted a similar law that year, outraging women’s rights advocates.

From Seattle Times Apr. 24, 2024

Kian Withers, of James Street, Lurgan, admitted committing an act outraging public decency.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2023

During seven weeks before Easter no flesh or fish, no milk, no eggs, and no butter can be partaken of without outraging the familiar rules of the Church.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou




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