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outrage

[out-reyj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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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

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

Characterizing the outrage that followed as a strategic error feels a little mercenary.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

The comments prompted some outrage on social media in Japan, where Takaichi became the country's first woman prime minister last year.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Lazlo’s outrage transformed in an instant to rage—simpler, hotter—and he shot out of bed as fast as he had shot out of sleep.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Years later, similar outrages have come to light and government officials will have a harder time finding someone to blame.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 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

But like other social media outrages, it has faded.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2024

And yet, we shall succeed because we must—we have no choice in the matter—to fight or to submit to the greatest indignities and outrages.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Many journalists were especially outraged because of the extreme dangers faced by Mexican reporters, editors, columnists and photographers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Australia's foreign minister has said she is "outraged" over an Israeli government decision not to prosecute those responsible for the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in an IDF strike.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The disaster left Boyle Heights wrapped in a cloud of severe odor, pest infestations and potentially toxic air, leaving the community outraged over ongoing cleanup delays.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 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

Adams was outraged, claiming that Jefferson, of all people, should know that he had not converted to monarchy while in Europe.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

They were sentenced to five years for contravening the penal code and outraging public decency.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Apr. 24, 2024

A controlled burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park has badly damaged a pair of giant sequoias named ‘the Orphans,’ outraging community members.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2023

My father thought that I was wrong to come here—exceeding my duty to my neighbour, and outraging my duty towards him.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson




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