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as in to perturb
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as in to afflict
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Recent Examples of aggrieve
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.
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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
Foreigners who aggrieve the Chinese Communist Party seriously enough typically get banned from the country.
—Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
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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
Foreigners who aggrieve the Chinese Communist Party seriously enough typically get banned from the country.
—Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieve
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The outlet also reported students were also perturbed by the news.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, all three men failed to fully perturb the Canadiens and didn’t sufficiently impose themselves.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Subsequent names didn't stick either, despite cases of this unusual form of diabetes continuing to surface, especially in areas afflicted with malnutrition.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Health advocates fear this could lead to higher rates of illness among children, which could worsen the health care disparities that already afflict the Black community.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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As a consequence, the president has given fresh impetus to a story that has disquieted even parts of his base.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the energy is disquieting and distracting to you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Panthers defense continued to torment Atlanta’s offense throughout the second half.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Sep. 2025
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Friday night was the final time the Giants will have to face Kershaw, a generational pitcher who tormented them for 18 seasons.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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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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Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
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More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some Congressional Republicans from farming states have been similarly upset by the proposal.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Back in 2013, NC State pulled off a stunning men’s college basketball upset against Duke and, as tends to be the case when teams beat Duke, the fans ran onto the court.—
Will Leitch,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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This is the cost of having been tortured in public.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The mistake tortures them, which prompts the couple to try and solve the mystery by producing a fake play in an attempt to get their ex-neighbor Mary (Chloe Cherry) to audition.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Aggrieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieve. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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