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as in to perturb
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as in to afflict
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Recent Examples of aggrieve
Now, rather than view North Korea as an unruly, angry neighbor, China has welcomed it, along with Russia and Iran, as part of what White House officials call a coalition of the aggrieved.
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a chemicals magnate and an avid outdoorsman, was aggrieved when Land Rover replaced its rugged and rudimentary old Defender with a design that shares its engineering principles with current passenger cars.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
Amazon prohibits class action lawsuits in which aggrieved sellers can aggregate their claims and have their case decided by a judge or a jury.
—Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
He was aggrieved when Hitler, in an attempt to make the National Socialists more palatable to the middle class, opposed the Rural People’s Movement, a popular anti-Weimar tax revolt, which was commendably trying to blow up buildings in Berlin.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a chemicals magnate and an avid outdoorsman, was aggrieved when Land Rover replaced its rugged and rudimentary old Defender with a design that shares its engineering principles with current passenger cars.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
Amazon prohibits class action lawsuits in which aggrieved sellers can aggregate their claims and have their case decided by a judge or a jury.
—Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
He was aggrieved when Hitler, in an attempt to make the National Socialists more palatable to the middle class, opposed the Rural People’s Movement, a popular anti-Weimar tax revolt, which was commendably trying to blow up buildings in Berlin.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieve
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However, some users are perturbed by the new home screen.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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Weston Richey, a 25-year-old Texan photographer with whom Kyra seemed to be perturbed, pulled her for a chat to try to figure out why she was annoyed with him.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Bruce established the nonprofit organization the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation in 2008, dedicated to providing lifesaving scholarships for individuals afflicted with substance use disorder.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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For instance, if your potatoes and tomatoes are afflicted with black spot, don't plant your rose in the vegetable garden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 May 2026
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In a powerful and disquieting GQ profile, the band and some immediate friends and family unraveled the struggles that have plagued their lucrative but life-altering reunion, a kind of cautionary tale for leveling up after settling down.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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The author calculated the shock wave’s energy that would be deposited in a human body by using physics similar to that of a bullet impact, which, though disquieting to say the least, is not a bad assumption from a scientific standpoint.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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The criminal mastermind, created by author Arthur Conan Doyle to torment his famously observant protagonist, is set to star in his own drama series from Archery Pictures and Fremantle.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Torres continues to show great flair in writing for Oscar winners, though, with Portman playing a mother delighted by her daughter’s interest in a step-child doll to torment.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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In a third discomposing show of baseball in as many days, the Brewers fell, 8-6, to the lowly A's, who looked like anything but in an emphatic weekend-long dismantling of a team that entered in first place.—
Journal Sentinel,
Journal Sentinel,
11 June 2023
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Joshua Booth, 51, was charged with one count of willfully or maliciously torture, maim or mutilate an animal kept for companionship or pleasure causing death, a category B felony under Nevada law, according to the Clark County District Attorney's Office.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Standing in their way Saturday are the Duke Blue Devils, who are rightfully feeling themselves after upsetting one-loss Richmond.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Bobby Atkinson, 37, is accused of threatening to kill his wife during a morning altercation at their Louisville home before allegedly torturing her dogs, Brooklyn and Seven, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, WAVE and WKRC.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Ravelo was the leader and organizer of invitation-only internet groups dedicated to the sharing and discussion of videos depicting monkeys being mutilated and tortured, the DOJ said in a statement.—
Sofia Saric
May 24,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2026
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“Aggrieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieve. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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