uproar
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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
“Not renewing it would trigger a big uproar from the private sector,” Ziemer says.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
F1 and the FIA, the world governing body of motor sport, have heard the uproar.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Randa Abdel-Fattah, the Australian-Palestinian writer whose disinvitation from a major literature festival in Adelaide sparked an uproar in January, said her upcoming book, Discipline, would be her "first and last book with UQP".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 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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