agitate
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They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Little things are starting to agitate me every day.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
It appeared to agitate Cannon, who questioned the prosecution about why it was being brought up for the first time at the hearing.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023
Ocelots and jaguars prowl the forest, and spider monkeys and black howlers agitate the canopy.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
I’m using a gentle voice so as not to agitate the baby.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
According to the advocacy group DogsBite, which agitates for municipalities to ban "dangerous breeds," more than 900 cities in the United States currently have laws on the books banning pit bulls.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2021
“The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me,” she said.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
If she threatens to withdraw her affection or becomes agitated or angry, that’s OK too.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Investigators said two of his passengers that night said he “appeared agitated and angry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
Red, realizing he had been duped, started through the crowd, which now was milling about in an agitated state with some people pressing forward toward the action and others fleeing from it.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The stakes to find McDonald’s successor escalated in recent months when Lululemon’s estranged founder and an activist investor began agitating for the company to turn things around faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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
The dollar rallied, even though Warsh has been agitating for more rate cuts, which tend to undermine the dollar’s value.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Conversations about his goals implicitly involved an assessment of his prospects, which was agitating.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
His firm already had a full roster of work, so much, he wrote, that “we are always personally under an agitating pressure and cloud of anxiety.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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