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uproar

[uhp-rawr, -rohr] / ˈʌpˌrɔr, -ˌroʊr /


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The uproar over “NAZA” has also led the filmmakers to be called traitors in their country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

This followed uproar in the EU after Spain's Ministry of the Interior awarded Chinese tech giant Huawei a €12.3m contract to store and manage sensitive judicial wiretap data last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

By the weekend, his post had sparked such an uproar that the top AI labs were calling for an industry slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

About 700 miles away around the same time, a momentary greeting between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at ground zero became a dayslong online uproar.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“You made me have a baby,” she screamed above the uproar.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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