uproar
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“Not renewing it would trigger a big uproar from the private sector,” Ziemer says.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
The resulting uproar forced the resignation of the chief Sinaloa prosecutor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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
She wanted to know what was happening down in Weep, and what nature of uproar had greeted the news of her existence.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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