dudgeon
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European leaders issued a joint statement External link in high dudgeon on Tuesday, insisting that “Greenland belongs to its people.”
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
It's not just the financial press in high dudgeon over his policies.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023
So why has the most recent adaptation — Carrie Cracknell’s spicy version of “Persuasion,” now streaming on Netflix — sent so many viewers to their fainting couches, heaving in high dudgeon?
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022
She stepped from the store porch and marched off in high dudgeon!
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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