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outrage

[aut-rayj] / ˈaʊt reɪdʒ /




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The post prompted outrage from various corners of the internet in what amounted to a generational panic; millennials and Gen Xers expressed horror at the notion that today’s college kids are hyper-fit and totally sober.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

But Herrera pursues outrage like it’s his calling.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

In Sierra Vista, Ann Nichols, 72 and a Democratic-leaning independent, could scarcely get the words out fast enough as she cataloged her outrage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Cutting this one role has stirred public outrage, with more than 5,000 people signing a petition since Tuesday to restore it.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

With some preternatural craftiness he always knew the right nerve to touch, at exactly the right moment, to wound and outrage most.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

This editorial is hard to read, but unless we want to experience similar terror-driven antisemitic outrages in the future, the truth must be told and retold to and by people of good will.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Major broadcasters give these outrages the same weight as other headlines.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

It reveals an American elite blinded to outrages occurring in plain view, due to the clubby nature of high society.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025

In an interview with historian Brian Harrison in the 1970s, Jessie recalled the so-called "pillar box outrages" were planned "with military precision."

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

Annoyed by the outrages of the regular army, General José Raquel Moncada used his political influence, put on his uniform again, and assumed the civil and military leadership of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Like fame, everybody is outraged for 15 minutes, and there is nothing Americans love more than the comeback story.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Wong's friend and fellow activist Frances Hui, now based in the US, says she is "heartbroken" and "outraged" by the verdict.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Last night I went to bed incredibly frustrated, outraged, ashamed that no one is telling us anything."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Conservationists and shark lovers were outraged at the proposal.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

When Farmer told Alex what the official had said, he was outraged.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

In the months since, he has expanded the deployments of troops to US cities, outraging critics.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

They were sentenced to five years for contravening the penal code and outraging public decency.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

Russia enacted a similar law that year, outraging women’s rights advocates.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

A controlled burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park has badly damaged a pair of giant sequoias named ‘the Orphans,’ outraging community members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

In short, without outraging reason and contradicting every dictum of common sense, it is difficult to describe much that belonged to ancient monasticism in any other spirit than that of impatience.

From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain


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