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uproar

[uhp-rawr, -rohr] / ˈʌpˌrɔr, -ˌroʊr /


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“Stellantis dealers are in an uproar over this,” said South Florida Jeep-Ram dealer GianMarco Taverna.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

To the uninitiated, Bangaranga seems cast in the mould of nonsensical Eurovision songs like Diggi-Lou, Digg-Lay - but the title actually means "uproar" in Jamaican patois.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

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

“Not renewing it would trigger a big uproar from the private sector,” Ziemer says.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

We were so shocked by this sudden uproar that none of us was able to run.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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