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agitation

[aj-i-tay-shuhn] / ˌædʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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As it tightened, I wondered if it could sense my agitation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

This year Baum travelled to Germany to talk about his family's experience of antisemitic persecution and to warn against far-right agitation, including at anti-AfD protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Moving patients with Alzheimer’s disease, he said, is associated with “behavioral destabilization, increased agitation, accelerated functional decline and a higher likelihood of acute care utilization.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Pantalaimon was flickering from shape to shape in his agitation: dog, bird, cat, snow-white ermine.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The agitations for justice she mockingly compares to an Evelyn Waugh novel and “a musical comedy about college life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

The comment comes against the backdrop of recent agitations from employees at several technology companies.

From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2022

“What is not religiously made obligatory therefore cannot be made a quintessential aspect of the religion through public agitations or by the passionate arguments in courts,” the panel wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

"What is not religiously made obligatory therefore cannot be made a quintessential aspect of the religion through public agitations or by the passionate arguments in courts," the order said.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2022

Millions of separate and precise agitations bombarded her senses.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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