noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
public
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The cutbacks were almost immediately rescinded after a public uproar .
■ VERB
cause
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It must have caused an uproar !
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Parliament had been scheduled today to review the new levy, which caused an uproar .
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The sudden and dramatic success of the London shop might have caused uproar and panic among the thirty-strong team in Carno.
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And that will cause uproar tonight when the general committee gather to ratify the decision.
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When paper currency was introduced in the nineteenth century, it caused uproar , with people declaring it immoral.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The court's decision set off an uproar among religious activists.
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There was an immediate uproar when the company talked about cutting holiday time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And now the uproar that he had finally raised was dying away, and a gratifying silence was descending once again.
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But apparently the uproar from fans wanting to see Lewis make history may have Hunt reconsidering.
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He was surprised, assuming that all the uproar at the castle must have been heard.
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More pilots ran out of the back room, aroused by the uproar , and joined in the fist-fight.
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The cutbacks were almost immediately rescinded after a public uproar .
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The political uproar that follows is wholly predictable.
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When this leaked to the press, it generated an uproar .