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agitate

[aj-i-teyt] / ˈædʒ ɪˌteɪt /




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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

Extremes here agitate within sight of one another, often across a single property line, sometimes simply in the difference between what we have today and what we’re left with tomorrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

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

Black civil rights leaders continued to agitate, but the apartheid machinery ground on unheeding.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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