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outcry

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


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Yet much of the international outcry has faded, and foreign governments have grown quieter on the issue as they seek stable relations with China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

That decision came after the case sparked public outcry in Sri Lanka and spurred diplomatic efforts to seek clemency for the man.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording, after a public outcry in recent months over secretly filmed footage of girls and women.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

As outcry over the incident grew online, the city issued a follow-up statement just hours later, saying it “understands the concern and sadness this reported incident has caused throughout our community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

News of the Reverend Smith’s death provoked a huge outcry in British newspapers and in Parliament.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

When the airline shed its plastic boarding passes, or its row-facing-row lounge seating, there were minor outcries, Jordan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

And despite these outcries, he’s in good shape to do so.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2024

Despite outcries from advocates and individuals, however, hospital leaders have stayed silent.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

And in writings and interviews in their later years, both Edna and Humphries stumbled with comments that drew outcries from members of the Latino and trans communities and others.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The room erupted in outcries of anger and dismay.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

"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

You've far outcried the latest cry— Out Monet-ed Monet.

From Songs Of The Road by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

But yet all this is outcried by the contrary noise of every man's practice.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

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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