upset
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‘Wendy Schlotterbeck . . . grew upset at the sight of the chief justice’s celebrating.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Still, the Chargers can play with anyone when they’re on their game, so an upset is entirely plausible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
If someone else did it, and didn’t know it was his song, he’d be upset that somebody took his song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I wasn't going to get another dog because I was too upset when I lost my last one, Alfie," Wendy explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It would either make her very sad or very mad, and I hated to see Gran upset.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Nicholas added: "Because of the increase we've had to pull back slightly from the area that we deliver which upsets me because I can't serve every customer that we used to serve."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
They claim North Carolina, vanquish Collins, and spring upsets in Texas and Alaska.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
They were painstakingly close to achieving one of the tournament's great upsets against Argentina, leading 2-0 with just minutes left to play before the defending champions staged an astonishing 3-2 comeback win.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Americans have turned out in droves to watch this summer’s World Cup, shattering TV viewership records to catch underdog upsets, late-game goals and, on Monday night, the U.S. team’s loss to Belgium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A recent review of the subject contained references to 215 papers reporting or discussing unfavorable upsets in the balance of insect populations caused by pesticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Bad things happen when good people stand by and say nothing, even if they are trying to avoid rocking the boat, fear upsetting people or risk ruining a relationship.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
This decision, though, was so upsetting that it drew a sharp dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Su Christie said it was "incredibly upsetting" to see the footage of how her father had been treated.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“We’re sorry. We understand why this image is deeply upsetting and recognize that we got this wrong,” Converse said in a statement to Footwear News on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“We have a special surprise for you. You don’t have to worry about upsetting any other movie watchers.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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