outcry
Example Sentences
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The reversal comes after an outcry by parents who warned that it would disrupt their children's studies.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Although none of this legislation made it out of committee, many of the bills required a national outcry, a coordinated organizing effort, and hours of testimony and lobbying to ensure they didn’t move forward.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
That could provoke an outcry from nationalist circles, who would likely view such as move as a breach of sovereignty.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
But even as their stories sparked a public outcry about AI ethics, AFP saw that "The Peach Blossom Hairpin" kept running for days before its removal, with the disputed characters quietly replaced.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
But the public outcry was so great, the governor called the superintendent and told him to start up the football program again, school or no school.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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