upset
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He claimed the footballer had called him "a cripple", which had upset him, and said he had thrown chewing gum on to the floor rather than at Semenyo.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We had an argument, and afterwards he left home," she recalls."I was upset and told my cousin about what had happened."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
It was the biggest upset in the Cowboys’ history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Orange Lutheran eliminated St. John Bosco in a huge upset in the opening round of last year’s Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He was upset, both because he really wanted to read it—and because he was worried about what Miss Priest was going to do if he couldn't find it.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
"Is it possible he went in the back of a bin and ended up in the landfill? Because of Biffa, we will never know what happened to Corrie and that upsets me."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
They claim North Carolina, vanquish Collins, and spring upsets in Texas and Alaska.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
They were painstakingly close to achieving one of the tournament's great upsets against Argentina, leading 2-0 with just minutes left to play before the defending champions staged an astonishing 3-2 comeback win.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Americans have turned out in droves to watch this summer’s World Cup, shattering TV viewership records to catch underdog upsets, late-game goals and, on Monday night, the U.S. team’s loss to Belgium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The relentless uniformity of it upsets him profoundly, more so than even the hospital, and the sight of his father’s face.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
At other times, she regrets upsetting their relationship, confirming her servile status despite the fact that she is responsible for Elisabet’s care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Bad things happen when good people stand by and say nothing, even if they are trying to avoid rocking the boat, fear upsetting people or risk ruining a relationship.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
This article contains details some readers may have found upsetting.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
This decision, though, was so upsetting that it drew a sharp dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
I got up at once, shaking the table clumsily as I moved my chair, and upsetting Giles’s glass of port.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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