upset
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Take this man who wrote to me recently, upset that his financial adviser made him $300,000 trading options.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
The post has amassed more than 1,200 comments across Instagram and Facebook from longtime customers upset by the news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Wach promised to "ruin" any plans for a Fury-Joshua fight by causing an upset in Pattaya.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Even the notoriously conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page was upset with Trump and his family.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
She was so upset when she got home from school that she was sure, 100 percent, that she would never feel better ever again in her entire life.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
The centers’ likely usage for AI concerns her as an artist, while the companies’ erasure of cultural landmarks in the construction process upsets her as a longtime resident.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the hour that Egypt spent believing it was about to record one of the great upsets in World Cup history was merely prologue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
We've seen every team twice with some stunning goals, upsets and a host of memorable moments.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The secret of one of fight history’s greatest upsets was that months before that night, Clay had out-thought Liston.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Fundamentally, Iran, interest rates, oil and other uncertainties are upsetting market equilibrium.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
His departure from Today in 2008 was leaked to a newspaper before he had been told, upsetting Stourton and many of his colleagues.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That Polestar won’t appeal the U.S. ban is “really upsetting to hear,” Haiken said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As a 15-year-old, the American announced herself to the tennis world by upsetting five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams on her way to the fourth round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
This latter missive was especially upsetting because I received it soon after learning that the list of victims had grown to include Lopsang Jangbu.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing upset
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