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as in to anger
to make angry
the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor
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Recent Examples of roil
The neurodegenerative disease has roiled professional contact sports — in particular the NFL — over the past two decades, as hundreds of professional athletes have been diagnosed with the condition.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The contention over Bad Bunny's impending performance at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show roils on.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The district, which represents one of the fastest-growing communities in Kansas, has in recent years been roiled by controversies over mask mandates, purported book banning, the treatment of transgender students and use of a Kansans for Life video in classrooms.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
On top of that, concerns over bad loans briefly roiled regional bank names.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The contention over Bad Bunny's impending performance at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show roils on.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The district, which represents one of the fastest-growing communities in Kansas, has in recent years been roiled by controversies over mask mandates, purported book banning, the treatment of transgender students and use of a Kansans for Life video in classrooms.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
On top of that, concerns over bad loans briefly roiled regional bank names.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
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Intrigue continues to swirl about where a future ballpark, and associated new development, could go after Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax in 2024 that would have helped fund a site in the Crossroads.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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But for months, rumors that he was accused of espionage have been swirling inside Cuba.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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That loss of sales has already angered many Midwestern soybean farmers, who see the administration’s Argentina outreach as benefiting a competitor while leaving American exporters disadvantaged.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The deal could improve America’s relationship with its chief economic adversary while angering key allies and its two biggest trading partners.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Immediately following the injury news being confirmed about Kraft's injury ending his season, the rumor mill started churning.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The novel’s power lies in its relentless banality—the mind churning while life’s machinery grinds on.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Watching Texas and other states trying to rig the 2026 congressional elections is infuriating.—
Neal Fornaciari,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Watching Texas and other states try to rig the 2026 congressional elections is infuriating.—
Guest Commentary,
Oc Register,
27 Oct. 2025
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As tensions boiled, clashes broke out and federal agents used pepper balls and tear gas, hitting journalists, a pastor and officers with the Chicago Police Department, according to reports and a lawsuit.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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They were created to store the sap collected from nearby maple trees and boil that down to create maple syrup.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Trump raised tariffs on Canada from 25 percent to 35 percent over the weekend, enraged over an anti-tariff ad aired in the Ontario province featuring President Ronald Reagan.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Oct. 2025
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Paul King had to walk by that poster every day on his walk to school, silently seething.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The situation could be taken as concerning for Alonso, given the precedents of previous Madrid coaches who have tried to impose a certain style of play, or who otherwise annoy superstar players used to having things more their own way.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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One report, citing a source close to Sheridan, even claimed the writer was annoyed that Paramount sent too many of its top suits to a meeting designed to keep Sheridan onboard, arguing that Ellison had messed up by bringing more than two execs along with him.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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