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roil

verb as in irritate

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verb as in upset

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Mr. Roberts’s actions have roiled Heritage and unsettled many on the right who once respected the foundation.

Good on the Supreme Court for agreeing to settle a point that has roiled states since the pandemic: When, exactly, does an election end?

But the roiling effects of the closure, as well as the data disruptions it brought on, are likely to make it hard to know just how big that bite was.

And a change in the decades-long status quo on trade that was fueled by Navarro’s ideas has led to the most protectionist environment since the 1930s and roiled markets.

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As with Joaquin Phoenix in “You Were Never Really Here,” she prefers characters who silently roil under their skin.

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