outrage
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But I’d argue that Fennell intends to galvanize thought and action, not outrage.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
In a 2023 TV interview, Bardella, however, sparked outrage when he said Jean-Marie Le Pen wasn’t an antisemite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The visit led to the closure of the tower as staff went on strike to show their outrage and politicians condemned the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
But in the meantime, such incidents risk becoming workaday stories that no longer inspire widespread outrage.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
All these thoughts went through Clare’s mind, dear reader, because it was his way to puff himself up with outrage in the face of vulnerability.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
There were no further outrages in the neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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
When Peters was sentenced, Trump declared himself outraged.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We heard loud and clear how outraged the community was that they were unaware that Goodland Guns was able to do this without a public process,” Supervisor Laura Capps said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
Their eyes became outraged by the bare board walls.
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
Two men, aged 31 and 27, are being held on suspicion of outraging public decency at Sunderland's away match to Sheffield Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2023
There were faithless husbands, outraging all decency by proclaiming their bad conduct; there were as faithless wives, parading about in all the effrontery of wickedness.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
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