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upset

[uhp-set, uhp-set] / ʌpˈsɛt, ˈʌpˌsɛt /








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With their visit cut short, she became upset.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

As in the baffling series of self-inflicted mistakes the legendary UConn women’s basketball coach inflicted on himself and his program during and after South Carolina’s 62-48 upset of the previously undefeated Huskies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"It absolutely terrified me," she recalled, adding: "I was alone and so upset... it was humiliating."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Ortega: If I yell in my real life, other people will go, “I know you’re upset, but it is funny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

No one was stepping aside to make way for the girl who’d been so upset about moving.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix