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  • n  a feeling of anger caused by being offended

  • In fact I am going to take umbrage; sometimes I have a headache and I take umbrage.
  • Umbrage is so much easier: You can do it in your sleep, or on talk radio.
  • Three and a half years ago, minimalist designer Jil Sander stormed out of her fashion house after taking umbrage at the dictatorial ways of Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli, who .
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  • Mayor Turner discusses what the City of Fort Bragg can do for Skunk Train
    Fort Bragg Mayor Dave Turner says the City is willing to do whatever it can for the Skunk Train. He took umbrage with statements printed in this newspaper by Skunk Train boss Robert Pinoli that the City had not reached out to the extent Willits had.
    June 13, 2013 - Mendocino Beacon
  • What can the City do for the Skunk Train?
    Fort Bragg Mayor Dave Turner says the City is willing to do whatever it can for the Skunk Train. He took umbrage with statements printed in this newspaper by Skunk Train boss Robert Pinoli that the City had not reached out to the extent Willits had.
    June 13, 2013 - Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Forbes
    African-American leaders took umbrage with the Clintons, who otherwise are seen as supporters of the African-American community, for what they saw as slights and insultsaimed at Obama, said Todd Shaw, a political science professor at the...
  • Arsene Wenger in guardian.co.uk
    In response, Wenger told L'Equipe: "I am fighting for the future of the game and of football. I don't see why Uefa should take umbrage at ideas that are different from theirs."
  • Philip Davies in Telegraph.co.uk
    I've had two really quick ejections and both times I'm wondering what exactly it was that they took umbrage with. The only thing I can think of is that if you know you're wrong, you get really defensive. Maybe they didn't like the fact that... Lance Berkman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Berkman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHu_ZXWL15uxynSQjJrS-7zMlgFbw ESPN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap%3FgameId%3D270608104&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHYwim4kNhY_2fYsyLT0TXWX2wiVw Jun 8, 2007 103244 137015 umbrian The problem for villa renters," Davies says, "is that the kind of properties on offer back then were not always up to Tuscan or Umbrian standards, but this has changed in the past few years, with some stylish but also good-value villas and...

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