rage
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Ellie is one of a growing number of women turning to rage rooms, where customers pay to destroy household items with baseball bats and crowbars in a controlled environment.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Right now, the rage on campus is the 9-0 football team, which delivered shocks to Army and Bowling Green, both FBS schools, in the past two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
As soon as Abdy turned her speech toward rage, a faint “preach!” rang from somewhere in the ballroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The typical example of “Anakin-posting” expresses rage at a stagnant economy or lack of prospects by sharing images of Christensen’s Anakin looking stoic.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Even the darkness couldn’t conceal the rage burning in her features.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The idea of model alignment has become more well-known recently as debate rages over whether AI could one day wipe out humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
As debate rages over how to respond to the growing power of artificial intelligence, Bill Gates is throwing a billion dollars and some words of wisdom at the problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He sent the letter as a fierce debate rages over whether the development of AI should be slowed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The debate about social media and child safety rages on, as Meta faces a slew of similar lawsuits similar to this one.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
In her forgetful rages, Dona Belen had taken it into her head to rip up her husband’s books, convinced there were love letters hidden in those pages.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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So far, little has seemed to faze the stock market, which has traded near record highs all year even as war raged in the Middle East and inflation inched higher stateside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As the fire raged, mother and son used garden hoses to defend their property as nearby dwellings were torched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In some ways, the situation is reminiscent of an argument that raged in the 1950s over “who lost China.”
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The film depicted a sailor who was below deck, tasked with watching machines in an enclosed, lonely room while the war against the enemy raged outside.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I wept and raged against the king when I found my father was in the cold ground.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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That win was undercut by a raging pandemic.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
When Robbie and his mother travel by bus from Alberta, Canada, they part ways for a time before he discovers raging wildfires threaten her location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The storm raging outside suggests the opening of David Lean’s “Oliver Twist,” or someone violently unfurling an old-style window shade; the theatricalities are antique, like much of the acting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
She’s engaging in a piece of phantasmagoric performance art with two raging megalomaniacs, suspecting humanity buried beneath their easygoing subterfuge.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Over the sounds of firefights still raging elsewhere in Saigon, Westmoreland declared victory, saying, “The enemy’s well-laid plans went afoul.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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