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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
The debate now roils state legislatures nationwide.
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Laurie Kellman, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Against the economic and social turmoil roiling the industry and the world at large, the couple has learned to dream pragmatically.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
And there was little difference between those not enrolled in universities and those who are in college — where Gaza protests and other battles over speech, including during appearances by Kirk and other conservative speakers at California universities — have roiled campuses.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
However, senior research strategist Michael Brown of foreign currency brokerage Pepperstone sketched out his theory after Miran’s weird triple mandate comment roiled bond trading desks across the globe.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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Laurie Kellman, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Against the economic and social turmoil roiling the industry and the world at large, the couple has learned to dream pragmatically.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
And there was little difference between those not enrolled in universities and those who are in college — where Gaza protests and other battles over speech, including during appearances by Kirk and other conservative speakers at California universities — have roiled campuses.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
However, senior research strategist Michael Brown of foreign currency brokerage Pepperstone sketched out his theory after Miran’s weird triple mandate comment roiled bond trading desks across the globe.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
Verb
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When several residents received such offers, rumors about the company’s intentions quickly swirled.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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That question has swirled recently in the wake of the new season of Netflix’s true-crime drama series Monster, which documents the life and crimes of the infamous killer.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, after the pandemic—which initially decimated sales but then led to a surge in business that overwhelmed REI’s supply chain and operations—Artz made moves that angered many employees.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The real estate developer who angered Benbrook residents this past summer with his plan to build in a floodplain has been indicted on felony charges in Parker County for alleged misappropriation of funds and theft.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The brutal, provocative opening scene featuring Xavier Dolan depicting the realism of bigotry and hate is stomach-churning, but fits into the dark atmosphere of the source material.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Panthers defensive lineman’s motor was churning.—
Mike Kaye
October 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Don’t be surprised if this is a hot-hand situation, though, and rather infuriating.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The abacá fibers are harvested three times a year, cut, stripped, dried and bundled before being boiled and pressed into sheets for shipping to Taiwan.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Laurene Allen, an environmental advocate who lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where PFNA was one of several forever chemicals discovered in drinking water in 2016, was awaiting the report and is frustrated and enraged by its delay.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The result was a gonzo spaghetti Western that seethed with anti-colonialist sentiment and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The course-reversal comes after Trump cut first-term side deals with Democratic leaders that left GOP lawmakers seething.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Joe proceeded to get drunk, annoy her (and multiple other cast members), and ultimately exit the party early to pass out in his room.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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