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 that high dudgeon, he notes, is “as good a proof as any that it’s not just a puzzle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
It's not just the financial press in high dudgeon over his policies.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
But neither her dudgeon nor the Zoom itself turn out to be what they first seem; in a code-switching coda, Diamond suggests just how confusing our world’s new terrain can be.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2020
She stepped from the store porch and marched off in high dudgeon!
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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