agitated
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"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
When sales were meant to begin on Saturday, large crowds grew agitated when word spread there were limited quantities to sell.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Your mood shifts, you feel agitated, but you can't see or hear anything unusual.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
The national fire service has posted images on X of workers at the site as an agitated crowd mill around the scene.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Most of the time her conversations don’t interest me, but when I heard her talking in a more agitated tone with no speaker, I had to know what was going on.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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