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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

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

In Sierra Vista, Ann Nichols, 72 and a Democratic-leaning independent, could scarcely get the words out fast enough as she cataloged her outrage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Cutting this one role has stirred public outrage, with more than 5,000 people signing a petition since Tuesday to restore it.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Marlena does a double take and stands, her jaw dropped in mock outrage.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Then came the daily announcements and receipts documenting scandalous spending outrages, not all of which lived up to their original billing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 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

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

It was then that he decided to review the titles to land that went back a hundred years and he discovered the legalized outrages of his brother, José Arcadio.

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

"We are outraged because even I, as the minister responsible for this sector, was not informed."

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Last night I went to bed incredibly frustrated, outraged, ashamed that no one is telling us anything."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said he was outraged by the recordings and had spoken to the injured man, Ricardo Gonzalez, who is a former longtime city employee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Conservationists and shark lovers were outraged at the proposal.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

While Southern whites—poor and rich alike—were utterly outraged by emancipation, there was no obvious solution to the dilemma they faced.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Science ought to be encouraged, of course, but not to the outraging of honor and common decency.

From A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey


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