outcry
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Then this September, news of the civil suit broke, sparking a wave of outcry on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The mass deaths caused an outcry and sparked protests, including attacks on public buildings, as relatives and locals demanded answers.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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
Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier" -- or coordinate a slowdown in the technology's development -- to allow a better understanding of the risks arising.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was a general outcry of that’s not fair.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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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
Despite outcries from advocates and individuals, however, hospital leaders have stayed silent.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Gurgi, sitting cross-legged, devoured his food with so many outcries of pleasure and loud smackings of his lips that he seemed to be eating twice as much as he really did.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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"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
How can I live to die some other tide, And, dying, hear my loveless name outcried About the portals of that weary land Whereby my shadowy feet should come to stand.
From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by William Morris
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
What outcried pluck me from my naked bed, And chill my throbbing hart with trembling feare, Which neuer danger yet could daunt before?
From The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd
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
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
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