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Further, even among the few rental owners that profited, many found the time, effort, risk and aggravation were not worth the modest after-tax net of all costs returns.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

And both are attuned to the moments when Evans lets his aggravation slip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

For players coming back from injuries, balancing the need for court time and the risk of aggravation is delicate.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Sweeping contentious issues under the rug and relegating them to wanton aggravation is one major way of letting these same topics fester.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

I exhale my aggravation and look around the room, taking in the whole bizarre scene.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Monitoring, litigating, and tax administration are king-size aggravations that nobody talks about because at the plan-sponsor level it’s called job security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Such are the occasional aggravations and annoyances that bedevil the tony section of Los Angeles that Harris calls home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

But such aggravations do not drive her political desires.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

That’s plenty fast enough to prevent video buffering and other aggravations of slow connections.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

We didn’t fight often, and when we did, it was typically over petty things, a string of pent-up aggravations that surfaced usually when one or both of us got overly fatigued or stressed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama