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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
After all, 2026 is shaping up to be a chaotic year, with an uncertain economy, political pandemonium roiling every market, and a falling dollar.
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026
In the two years since the mass shooting roiled Kansas City and disrupted Loudermill’s life, the lawmakers at the center of the controversy have advanced in their political careers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
In 2022, conventional 60/40 portfolios—made up of 60% equities and 40% bonds—took a hit as markets roiled, and inflation and rate hikes made bonds less of a hedge for stocks.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The episodes underscore the extent to which the Epstein saga has roiled members of Congress.
—Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026
In the two years since the mass shooting roiled Kansas City and disrupted Loudermill’s life, the lawmakers at the center of the controversy have advanced in their political careers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
In 2022, conventional 60/40 portfolios—made up of 60% equities and 40% bonds—took a hit as markets roiled, and inflation and rate hikes made bonds less of a hedge for stocks.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The episodes underscore the extent to which the Epstein saga has roiled members of Congress.
—Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
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Previously, the controversy swirling around Mountbatten-Windsor centered on the accusations of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleged that Epstein trafficked her to his powerful friends, including the former prince.—
Nick Duffy,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Active supermassive black holes greedily feast on matter from a surrounding swirling cloud called an accretion disk.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Doing so risks angering powerful industries — from agriculture to construction to hospitality — that rely heavily on low-wage immigrant labor.—
Federico Peña,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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One big question is whether Apple will fight to claw back its tariffs or eat the costs to avoid angering the president.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Welcome to the churning now, old friend!—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
17 Feb. 2026
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At China Live, Chen is like a circus ringmaster overseeing a dumpling-making station, a stone oven roasting Peking ducks, a noodle station and a dessert station churning sesame soft serve.—
Terry Tang,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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There are a few things about this that infuriate me.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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For women in perimenopause and menopause, when hormones feel unpredictable and symptoms can be frustrating (er, infuriating) and vague, having a tool that makes at least one piece of the internal puzzle visible can be empowering.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
18 Feb. 2026
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Provide pets with drinking water that has been boiled (and cooled).—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Old or Previously Boiled Water Leaving water in your tea kettle and boiling it again won't do your tea any favors.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
21 Feb. 2026
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Coupled with large reductions to downtown trophy buildings and ever-increasing tax levies from local governments, bills that landed late last year enraged many homeowners.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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But seething popular anger has not abated in the weeks following a government crackdown that killed thousands of protesters, according to accounts from inside the country.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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For most people, action, cultivating a sense of agency, beats seething.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Maybe this will be the year when the owner stops being annoyed.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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In the statement, the zoo said the mother may have thought her baby was annoyed with Punch, which upset her.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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