set off an outpouring of anger online

drawing closer

 aproximar-se

unison

 lit up the lights and shouted in unison

woke culture

 woke

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adjective

ˈwōk 

woker; wokest

chiefly US slang

1

: aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)

But we will only succeed if we reject the growing pressure to retreat into cynicism and hopelessness. … We have a moral obligation to "stay woke," take a stand and be active; challenging injustices and racism in our communities and fighting hatred and discrimination wherever it rises.

 Barbara Lee

… argued that … Brad Pitt is not only woke, but the wokest man in Hollywood … because he uses his status—and his production company Plan B—to create space for artists of color, with such films as 12 Years a Slave, Selma, and the upcoming film Moonlight.

 Giselle Defares

Being woke to gender discrimination is difficult; it ruins things you love. Entire canons of art are rotten to the core with it.

 Rachel Edelstein

—often used in contexts that suggest someone's expressed beliefs about such matters are not backed with genuine concern or action

whether usage

 Sanders' daughter, Vontysha Pittman, said her oldest son sought safety in a classroom with a teacher and other students. He hid under a desk and called his father to tell him what was happening, she said.

"They are both are safe at home but they are broken. We need prayers and not just for us but all the families at Oxford," Sanders said.

Senior Aiden Page told CNN's Cooper that his classroom was in lockdown for an hour and described the entire experience as "insane" as he contemplated whether he would live through the ordeal.

"The very first thing in my head was, 'Is this actually happening? I'm going to text my family, say I love them just in case, if I were to die.' Then when everything calmed down for a second, I was able to catch my breath and rationalize things," he said.

double digits

  10 though 99

double digits n. the range of numerals from 10 though 99. When Billy moved into the double digits, he had some behavior problems, but when he was nineteen he sort of straightened out.

To say the year, pronounce the first two and then the second two digits as individual numbers. 1995 = nineteen ninety-five 2021 = twenty twenty-one

Fly fishing

Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure —called an artificial fly —to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting.