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outrage

[out-reyj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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Much of the initial outrage was fueled by the misconception that Uber planned to send its regular drivers, who often drive compact, two-wheel-drive sedans, into the park, instead of licensed guides with proper 4x4s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But in the meantime, such incidents risk becoming workaday stories that no longer inspire widespread outrage.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

But the tape drew outrage from Bush’s female colleagues at NBC News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The outrage around the campaign echoes that provoked by American Eagle's "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans" campaign in 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

As though it was choreographed, cries of outrage rang out, and I wished I’d paid more attention to what the guy was saying.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

This time, it’s four episodes devoted to two outrages, the first of which involves the vanishing of what has become conventional forensic evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

It moves so fast that all the excesses, all the outrages seem to be par for the course.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024

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

The younger man emerges from this labyrinth of court proceedings and outraged amour-propre in the worst possible light.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Residents were also outraged that the nearby Santa Ynez Reservoir, which had been drained for lengthy repairs, sat empty and dry as neighborhoods burned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

When Peters was sentenced, Trump declared himself outraged.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Canadians became outraged over the weekend as a number of companies and government organizations in Ontario and elsewhere displayed “Lake America” on their websites, as reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Once the town was greatly outraged over what the citizens considered a slight to an author.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

In his explanation of thrusting himself into the Tien-wang's palace, and outraging all the Ti-ping rules and ceremonies, Mr. Parkes has evidently forgotten himself, and represented his own conduct as that of the Ti-pings.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley




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