as in upset
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as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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New York 17th District GOP Rep. Mike Lawler won his first term in 2022, marking an upset against then-Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of House Democrats' campaign arm.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Hopefully, those people upset with the results turn to music to express their frustration.Steve Baltin, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The restaurant scene in which David, in Benji’s brief absence, tearfully reveals a profound array of feelings about his troubled cousin to their concerned tour mates is a knockout.Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Wilmore and Williams arrived at the station in June aboard the troubled Starliner for what was supposed to be a 10-day stay.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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In California’s 2016 U.S. Senate race, Harris again met an opponent who toiled selflessly on her behalf—in this case, Representative Loretta Sanchez, who capped a shrill and aggrieved debate performance by dabbing after her closing statement.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
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Hardy recalled the importance of calamansi growing up in Manila; when the children were sick, her mother’s memorable home remedy was a half-calamansi squeezed straight into the aggrieved throat.Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Fans of the restaurant were distraught, commenting condolences and grieving the longtime restaurant.Erica Cheng, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
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The Berger family only learned of their daughter's fate when she was pictured bloody and distraught in body camera footage released by Hamas on Oct. 8, the day after its assault.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
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Unfortunately, Brodie — this complex yet emotionally undercooked fellow, so good at his work and so ill at ease in his personal life — loses his way in DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK (Doubleday, 306 pp., $30).Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Armand Arton, president of Arton Capital, a global citizenship financial advisory services firm, tells Fortune wealthy Americans are increasingly ill at ease in their home country and looking to acquire the safety net of a second (or third) passport.BYAlicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Tragically, the homicide trial of former Marine Daniel Penny, in connection with the choking death of Jordan Neely, a violent, mentally disturbed vagrant who was menacing passengers on a New York City subway train, is underway.Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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The creature doesn’t tend to bite, however, unless scared or disturbed.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Think of these as the stylist’s version of miracle working—breathing life back into distressed strands in a few applications.Iman Balagam, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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Supports a boost for the tax credit that creates most of the nation’s low-income housing, including the development and renovation of single-family to four-family housing in distressed neighborhoods.Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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The script got several studios and streamers hot and bothered.Justin Kroll, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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None of that bothered Zuccarini, who recognized Funke’s talent for putting innovative spins on old-world Italian dishes.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Shook-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shook-up. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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