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outrage

[aut-rayj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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Sources have told the paper the cancellation is a "disgusting outrage".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Much of the outrage in Ukraine this week has been over restrictions to the Starshield satellite communications system that its military relies upon to detect incoming Russian attacks and to coordinate its frontline response.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the wake of the outrage, the county walked back its decision, declaring a moratorium on data centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The author is a first-rate storyteller, and here he delivers something we don’t get much of these days: fun—a modern Horatio Alger story unattached to the politics of outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But he was riding the momentum of his outrage on Thyon’s behalf, and the flush of solidarity from one beaten boy for another, and above all, the thrill of discovery.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Then came the daily announcements and receipts documenting scandalous spending outrages, not all of which lived up to their original billing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 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

An editorial denounced the “save-Chessman madness,” arguing that the real outrages were the drawn-out legal maneuvering and political weakness that had delayed his execution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2024

These, detached in our minds from all the rest, we take to be unnatural events, anomalies, outrages.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

"We are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Conservationists and shark lovers were outraged at the proposal.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 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

It’s pretty hard to imagine an outraged populace protesting, “Whom do you think you’re messing with! Get your hands off our pronouns!”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

They saw the necessity of trying to avoid openly outraging public opinion.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various


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