outrage
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He also expressed outrage when Trump referred to Andrews as “Annie Trannie” and falsely described her record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
But referee Howard Foster's decision to stop the contest in the ninth round sparked outrage, with sections of the crowd booing and Groves insisting he had been robbed of victory.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
But after the outrage over shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January prompted the White House to roll back the policy, he has kept a lower profile.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
But Herrera pursues outrage like it’s his calling.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
The outrage that the demonstration stirred in C.P. stayed with him as he drove back across town to the small gas station he had recently bought.
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
Will an overall fatigue with the outrages associated with ‘Emilia Pérez’ sink its chances of taking home the best picture Oscar?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
There were no further outrages in the neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
It doesn’t capture the fact that your reader and your viewer and your listener are shocked and possibly outraged and really struggling with what’s going on.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Last night I went to bed incredibly frustrated, outraged, ashamed that no one is telling us anything."
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
While Griffin and fellow business leaders were outraged by the stunt, Mamdani’s poll numbers haven’t suffered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Their outraged barks floated back on the evening air.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The man, Trevor Reece, 40, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency in September 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
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
They saw the necessity of trying to avoid openly outraging public opinion.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
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