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uproar

[uhp-rawr, -rohr] / ˈʌpˌrɔr, -ˌroʊr /


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Traditional Stellantis dealers are in an uproar over Carvana’s entry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“Not renewing it would trigger a big uproar from the private sector,” Ziemer says.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Randa Abdel-Fattah, the Australian-Palestinian writer whose disinvitation from a major literature festival in Adelaide sparked an uproar in January, said her upcoming book, Discipline, would be her "first and last book with UQP".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

For Francie Sorrentino, a class of 1977 Millionaire, the uproar is just another day in Lenox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

When the Central Committee had announced that Red Guards could travel free to other provinces to “establish revolutionary ties” with other Red Guards, An Yi told me, our entire school had gone into an uproar.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang




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