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outrage

[aut-rayj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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Exit polls showed there is public outrage about corruption, and that corruption drove so much of this voting behavior.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Many of Villegas’ supporters also were energized by outrage over how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been pursuing immigrants and terrorizing their community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The post prompted outrage from various corners of the internet in what amounted to a generational panic; millennials and Gen Xers expressed horror at the notion that today’s college kids are hyper-fit and totally sober.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 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

With a cry of outrage, she pushed an astonished Sully into the shrubbery, toppling him all the way over.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

Major broadcasters give these outrages the same weight as other headlines.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

But it’s just as much about journalistic malpractice, ethical outrages and the besmearing of reputations on the flimsiest of evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

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

Annoyed by the outrages of the regular army, General José Raquel Moncada used his political influence, put on his uniform again, and assumed the civil and military leadership of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Like fame, everybody is outraged for 15 minutes, and there is nothing Americans love more than the comeback story.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

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

Nhamo climbed down the ladder, hooked it out of harm’s way, and, greeted by only one or two outraged oo-AA-hoos, trailed after the creatures.

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

He, like Baudelaire, Flaubert, and De Maupassant, was summoned before the bar of justice for outraging public morals by the publication of his play, The Box of Pandora, the sequel to Erdgeist.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker


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