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aggravating

[ag-ruh-vey-ting] / ˈæg rəˌveɪ tɪŋ /


















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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

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

What’s most aggravating is that we’ve stood for this for so long.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

Reaves is approaching the four-week point after aggravating his calf injury on Christmas Day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Equally aggravating was the fact that there still was no Eiffel challenger.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson