outrage
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The incident in April 2024 sparked global outrage and renewed calls to ensure the safety of aid workers in Gaza.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
He cut his trip short but not before sparking public outrage for leaving during a time of crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Her comments led to a huge outrage and Twisha's father said it was an attempt to tarnish his daughter's name.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Characterizing the outrage that followed as a strategic error feels a little mercenary.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mom’s like a hurricane and there’s no way to stop her outrage until it’s blown over.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Years later, similar outrages have come to light and government officials will have a harder time finding someone to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
That line of thought outrages Tony Clark, the executive director of the players’ union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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
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After her address, it said it was "outraged" India had allowed her to take part in a public meeting with the media.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The disaster left Boyle Heights wrapped in a cloud of severe odor, pest infestations and potentially toxic air, leaving the community outraged over ongoing cleanup delays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Senior officials who had overseen the subpoenas’ issuance acknowledged to an outraged Judge Arun Subramanian that the subpoenas were riddled with errors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was "shaken and outraged" by the attack on "our open society, our way of life" and expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the dead woman.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Ida Wells-Barnett and the committee of black leaders were outraged at the absence of police protection.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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In the months since, he has expanded the deployments of troops to US cities, outraging critics.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Ex-Barnsley striker Shaun Tuton was dropped by Whitby Town after he was found guilty of outraging public decency, with details of the case reported in the national press.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024
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
But it is the Cæsarean method of being born again, violating reason, and perhaps outraging nature.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
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