agitation
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Some Fairhopians floated the idea that, like much of the rest of Alabama, the city operates with an old boys’ club mentality, intolerant of outside agitation like a No Kings protest.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
"The beginning of so much of the agitation and really getting things moving is very much from the East Riding, from Bridlington," Neave adds.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
It was doubly bold, because Seaver was a clean-cut former Marine not given to agitation, and the World Series hadn’t even started.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
According to Dr. Creese, there are currently no licensed alternative drugs in the UK for treating severe agitation in dementia patients.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
As for the loss of membership and influence, it was a result of a new program which had called for the shelving of our old techniques of agitation.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing agitation
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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