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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
She was named editor in chief at CBS News last week by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, and CBS News staffers have been roiled in the aftermath.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
At the time, the institution enrolled several African American students whose presence at times roiled a campus that also attracted Southern white students.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
In the 10 years since GM developed its strategy to develop a full portfolio of EVs, seismic issues repeatedly roiled the industry and put strain on the company’s capital.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the 10 years since GM developed its strategy to develop a full portfolio of EVs, seismic issues repeatedly roiled the industry and put strain on the company’s capital.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
At the time, the institution enrolled several African American students whose presence at times roiled a campus that also attracted Southern white students.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
In the 10 years since GM developed its strategy to develop a full portfolio of EVs, seismic issues repeatedly roiled the industry and put strain on the company’s capital.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the 10 years since GM developed its strategy to develop a full portfolio of EVs, seismic issues repeatedly roiled the industry and put strain on the company’s capital.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
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Fan theories have swirled online about Byler, and not just in Schnapp’s comment section, but in discussion forums like Reddit.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Here, much to the amazement of onlookers, sacrificial animals such as bulls would drop dead after breathing in noxious carbon dioxide fumes swirling up from below.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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The land was acquired by the company through the village in 2018 in a move that angered a lot residents but in 2023 the Foxconn project failed to live up to its original expectation.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Others are angered that the visa requires only an undergraduate STEM degree, saying that is setting the bar too low at a time when young people in China feel pressured to rack up advanced degrees in order to compete with their peers in the job market.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Like many dive bars, sentimental value is a huge part of what keeps The Palace Saloon churning.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Melissa, which is a Category 5 hurricane churning with powerful 165 mph winds, remains a worst-case scenario storm for Jamaica.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Oct. 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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Even if Gazans are enraged at Israel for killing nearly 70,000 Palestinians during the war, Hamas still takes part of the public blame.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
21 Oct. 2025
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The incident enraged the South Koreans and ran counter to Trump’s push to lure foreign manufacturers to invest in America.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 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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While Johnson had plenty to be pleased with, he was annoyed by the number of penalties and said the offense has to do a better job of running the football.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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They’re built not to resist developers but, as their name suggests, they’re intentionally designed, with a degree of malice, to annoy someone specific.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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