dudgeon
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European leaders issued a joint statement External link in high dudgeon on Tuesday, insisting that “Greenland belongs to its people.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
When I asked Lewis about this on a 2019 panel at the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, he worked himself into a moral dudgeon over being accused of a racial gerrymander.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021
In the latest season, long-time series regular Claire “blew up” the series, in a much-teased turn of events that had viewers in high Sherlock Holmes dudgeon for weeks.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020
Basil strode off in high dudgeon, re-emphasizing his previously forgotten limp.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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