aggravating
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The starting point was the aggravating factors - length of time of the wrongdoing, the size of payments, that they were made with the knowledge of senior figures and the seriousness of the breaches.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
And while the Eagles rode the maneuver to a Super Bowl, the rest of the league found it so aggravating and unsightly that certain teams pushed unsuccessfully last year to ban it from the game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
It’s all fittingly itchy for literature’s most aggravating couple and a story that chafes against the convention that love wins — or even that love is good.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
After aggravating the injury on Christmas Day, Reaves was ruled out for at least a month before he would be reevaluated.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
“I know, thank you. Don’t point,” she said, and paid her bill with aggravating slowness.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
