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uproar

[uhp-rawr, -rohr] / ˈʌpˌrɔr, -ˌroʊr /


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Paul Gigot: So, we’re not going to get rid of cameras, I don’t think, because there’d be an uproar in the internet about how there’s no transparency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

There was widespread uproar in early January, when online sleuths found that someone had made nearly half a million dollars on Maduro's seizure.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Carpenter made the public statement after an online uproar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

But that message was largely drowned out in the online uproar.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

My boy Octavian, having spent some days abed, never having traveled upon the water before, so that his vitals were involved in uproar, now prowls about the decks impatient of our destination.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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