as in roar
a violent shouting
I went to the window to see what the sudden outcry from the street below was about
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Recent Examples of outcry
Sheriff Jack Campbell resigned in August amid public outcry.
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Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But in Texas the death penalty no longer elicits a public outcry as strong as the one that attended Karla Faye Tucker.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Despite mass outcry for Dems to hold up every Trump nomination for as long as possible, the Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State on January 20, clearing the way for Rubio to immediately implement Trump’s anti-trans plans across State Department offices nationwide.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 7 Feb. 2025
Minneapolis is being sued to halt its 2040 plan, and there’s opposition in the legislature, but absent a huge public outcry, single family neighborhoods are in trouble.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But in Texas the death penalty no longer elicits a public outcry as strong as the one that attended Karla Faye Tucker.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Despite mass outcry for Dems to hold up every Trump nomination for as long as possible, the Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State on January 20, clearing the way for Rubio to immediately implement Trump’s anti-trans plans across State Department offices nationwide.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 7 Feb. 2025
Minneapolis is being sued to halt its 2040 plan, and there’s opposition in the legislature, but absent a huge public outcry, single family neighborhoods are in trouble.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Outcry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcry. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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