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The defeat and the nature of it will rankle, especially because she was considered a serious challenger for the title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

But the lack of progress on the issue has started to rankle the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union for officers below the rank of lieutenant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

It could also upset the stock market and rankle high-dollar corporate donors who need a reliable legal system to attract investors.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025

That seemed to rankle several of the justices across ideological lines.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

This time “the stare” began to rankle him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

What rankles more is his only international T20 appearance three weeks later, when Ireland plundered 52 from his four overs.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

What rankles most, say many Greenlanders, is that Trump treated their home–which he called “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located” —as a commodity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Davies has played against England three times, including a 2-1 loss at Euro 2016 - a result that still rankles.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Marvin Casey did not get to interrogate John Orr or arrest him or even tag along, which still rankles a little, but Casey did more than anyone to expose Orr’s double life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

John Bull is not as pachydermatous as once he was, and a chance word of Brother Jonathan's penetrates and rankles.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

But rejections issued to companies by Vinay Prasad, the former head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, rankled the industry.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

ROME—Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met Italian leaders here on Friday, offered allies rankled by President Trump words of both support and warning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

King was Jackson’s mentor, but this act rankled the civil rights leader’s more senior allies, who viewed it as rank self-promotion.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

This really rankled Khrushchev—one setback was not the end of the world.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

But officials from the F.B.I. and Justice Department pushed back this month on specific proposals during their first public appearance on Capitol Hill to discuss the matter, rankling lawmakers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

“We didn’t take players from Oklahoma, we took players from the transfer portal,” Riley said in a February radio interview with Colin Cowherd, rankling fans even further.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey