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outcry

[out-krahy, out-krahy] / ˈaʊtˌkraɪ, ˌaʊtˈkraɪ /


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Following extensive media coverage and public outcry, Chavez Velasco was released to his family.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Infantino's lucrative plan sparked a global outcry, with European football's governing body Uefa threatening to boycott all Fifa competitions, including the World Cup.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The public outcry comes as AI becomes more intertwined in people’s daily lives, triggering fears as big as human extinction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Amid a public outcry, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko acknowledged the case has "sparked a broader discussion about the behaviour of certain service members in the rear."

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Gurgi, draped over Melyngar’s saddle, immediately set up a great outcry.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Such public outcries and legal challenges are likely to follow in the other nations preparing to pass their own age-verification mandates—and that’s exactly where the energy needs to be directed.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2026

When the airline shed its plastic boarding passes, or its row-facing-row lounge seating, there were minor outcries, Jordan said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

When immigration agents followed two women through an L.A. courthouse last month and arrested them, it drew outcries from nearly all corners of L.A.’s legal community.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2025

The Walla Walla High School media specialist spent 15 months defending the school library against public outcries for removal of books, their dismissal and hostile board meetings.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

For some moments Taran heard nothing but a confusion of voices, angry outcries and bickering, with Eiddileg trying to shout above them.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

"This triggered the victim's memory and he immediately outcried to his parents."

From Chicago Tribune Jun. 27, 2014

"After the St. John's County Sheriff's Office investigated one of their own, my family outcried along with the public to get an outside investigation," Crites said.

From Reuters Apr. 24, 2014

I think the woman in Thee outcried the man.'

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

In that announcement she outcried the stream, and through the comparative quietness that followed a hideous noise rumbled and shrieked upwards from the hollow.

From Moor Fires by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)

Stand firm!' that rugged voice outcried; 'Of such as choose despondency for guide Hast thou not heard what bitterest fate is sung?

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

It would die down for an instant, in response to these appeals, only to burst out afresh as certain groups of traders started the pandemonium again, by the wild outcrying of their offers.

From The Pit by Norris, Frank

There was a great outcrying and trembling of hearts at the farm-house when Donald and Elspie appeared in this sorry plight of torn and burned clothes, blackened faces, scorched and singed hair.

From Between Whiles by Jackson, Helen Hunt




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