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outcry

[aut-krahy, aut-krahy] / ˈaʊtˌkraɪ, ˌaʊtˈkraɪ /


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A series of high-profile attacks that began in mid-July has drawn international outcry and rare condemnation from Israel’s leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The recent grim discoveries have sparked a national outcry about the scale of the problem and increased the feeling of insecurity for many women.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Whether Macklemore would remain on Sheeran’s tour amid the public outcry remained uncertain, until he confirmed his status earlier this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Lee was detained by police when trying to leave Beijing, but was allowed to return to Hong Kong after an outcry from the financial hub's citizens.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Pan- American Highway had been laid right through them without causing an outcry.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The company also dropped some war-related bets after public outcries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Such public outcries and legal challenges are likely to follow in the other nations preparing to pass their own age-verification mandates—and that’s exactly where the energy needs to be directed.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026

More than a decade ago, outcries about the lack of diversity in the tech industry reverberated across major Silicon Valley companies from Facebook to Google.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025

There were a lot of outcries when Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett announced earlier this month their decision to sign with NJ/NY Gotham FC as free agents.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

For some moments Taran heard nothing but a confusion of voices, angry outcries and bickering, with Eiddileg trying to shout above them.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

"This triggered the victim's memory and he immediately outcried to his parents."

From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 27, 2014

"After the St. John's County Sheriff's Office investigated one of their own, my family outcried along with the public to get an outside investigation," Crites said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2014

Stand firm!' that rugged voice outcried; 'Of such as choose despondency for guide Hast thou not heard what bitterest fate is sung?

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges

I think the woman in Thee outcried the man.'

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett

In that announcement she outcried the stream, and through the comparative quietness that followed a hideous noise rumbled and shrieked upwards from the hollow.

From Moor Fires by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young

It would die down for an instant, in response to these appeals, only to burst out afresh as certain groups of traders started the pandemonium again, by the wild outcrying of their offers.

From The Pit by Frank Norris

There was a great outcrying and trembling of hearts at the farm-house when Donald and Elspie appeared in this sorry plight of torn and burned clothes, blackened faces, scorched and singed hair.

From Between Whiles by Helen Hunt Jackson




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