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- noun Plural form of
outrage . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
outrage .
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Examples
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Payback for imagined outrages is the cornerstone of the wingnut mindset. harold Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Limbaugh Reiterates Desire for Economy to Tank 2009
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Jason Foster goes through the latest outrages from the So-Called Liberal News Media.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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At issue is whether Congress will support the president's desire to clarify what's known as Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which outlaws what they call outrages upon personal dignity and humiliating and degrading treatment.
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I can’t think of any more right now, but there must be hundreds. randy, can you list similar logical outrages from the left?
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You call your outrages, rights, and the courage which repulses them, a crime!
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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After a while they cooled down; and explained to Martin that the outrages were the work of the Creeks and Chickamaugas, whom they could not control, and whom they hoped the whites would punish; but that they themselves were innocent and friendly.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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As the outrages were the work of the mob, Telford could not charge the aristocracy with them; but with equal injustice he laid the blame at the door of "the clergy," who had still less to do with them, winding up with the prayer, "May the Lord mend their hearts and lessen their incomes!"
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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• President's last-minute call outrages EU leaders • Desperate rush to ratify before
WN.com - Articles related to Czech president signals he will accept 'Irish-style' guarantees 2009
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• President's last-minute call outrages EU leaders • Desperate rush to ratify before Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reform treaty into Czech Republic as the only country still to ratify the document.
WN.com - Articles related to Czech president signals he will accept 'Irish-style' guarantees 2009
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• President's last-minute call outrages EU leaders • Desperate rush to ratify before
WN.com - Articles related to Bomb kills 5 near Baghdad cafe, say police 2009
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