uproar
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The proposed Westside affordable housing project known as Venice Dell has seen it all: neighborhood uproar, lawsuits, clashing city directives to alternatively approve and deny.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The move has caused an uproar on social media among the young women who frequent its stores nationwide, with one shopper calling it "devastating news".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The uproar didn’t interrupt Ferrari from rolling the car in front of a parade of dignitaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The possibility of Polis commuting her sentence had caused an uproar in the state in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
An hour ago she had declined to go to Meeting, saying airily that she and her grandfather had seldom attended divine service, except for the Christmas Mass. What an uproar she had caused!
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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