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irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start
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Whenever Yazid drank, his eyes, irritated from staring down into the tandoor’s radiation all day, became extraordinarily red.
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Pedants themselves can become irritated; lucubration is hard on the body.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The provision, which was tucked into the funding patch at the last minute, irritated several House Republicans ahead of the lower chamber’s own vote on the government funding deal.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
The president is irritated with it.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Pedants themselves can become irritated; lucubration is hard on the body.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The provision, which was tucked into the funding patch at the last minute, irritated several House Republicans ahead of the lower chamber’s own vote on the government funding deal.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
The president is irritated with it.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Irritated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irritated. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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