agitate
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Torres captured the broader institutional despair bluntly when he admitted he lacked confidence in regulators but felt there was “no choice but to agitate for accountability.”
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
“Oftentimes, we agitate a situation, we don’t have to take a person into custody,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Ocelots and jaguars prowl the forest, and spider monkeys and black howlers agitate the canopy.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
I would agitate against the bemused person who was attempting to help me upward, that is.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
And this is kind of a shame, because the story agitates the brain far more than it does the stomach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Conversely, when researchers injected the rats with a substance that agitates the immune system, the inflammatory cytokine levels rapidly shot up.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Tinseltown, it seems, is in the midst of an AI boom — even as its creative class agitates for limits on how that technology gets deployed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
This clear tank agitates a gallon of water at a gentle 18 revolutions per minute for 30 minutes.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2019
Anger agitates, while whistling melts a bee’s temper.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
If she threatens to withdraw her affection or becomes agitated or angry, that’s OK too.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
She’s just frustrated that the weather isn’t cooperating with her upcoming outdoor performance and agitated that this might be a bad omen for her big American comeback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"I heard a man scream 'Allahu akbar' five or six times, in a very agitated manner," a young man who witnessed the chaos that ensued told Blick, which did not provide his name.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
When sales were meant to begin on Saturday, large crowds grew agitated when word spread there were limited quantities to sell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
For some reason, saying that made Leo feel less agitated.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
His agitating and manipulation, which he would later concede was primarily staged, drove a wedge between Montag and the show’s star Lauren Conrad.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Landlocked Ethiopia, home to around 130 million people and one of Africa’s strongest economies, has been agitating for sea access.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Buck Turgidson, one of the film’s most memorable characters, while agitating the president in the war room for a first strike against the Soviet Union.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
He pivoted to activist investing for a time, agitating for change at companies including Nordstrom and Bed Bath & Beyond, where he faced allegations—that he denied—of misleading investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
After agitating for so long for the race, he said no to Swope’s proposal.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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