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But plaintiff attorneys bristle that the program limits their fees at 10% of the award, much less than the 30% to 40% they obtain in contingency fees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Twelve months on, for their Premier League opener at Brighton on Sunday, Ollie Watkins was the name to make Emery bristle.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She may bristle at the paperwork or issues of mortality.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

So what gets me to bristle a little bit is that when I have to talk about that, that means — respectfully — I’m talking to somebody who doesn’t know anything about me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Still, Chaol understood enough to bristle, and Celaena could hardly contain her glee.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

An exquisite anthology of Cohn’s writing from his early days through the present, “Corner Boy” bristles with the electric, contrarian voice of a working cultural critic.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The White House also bristles at Amodei's repeated warnings about the dangers of AI -- including the impact on jobs -- and his calls to regulate its deployment like airlines or banks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Alito bristles at the retirement speculation, some of the people close to him say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But having grown up in less-privileged circumstances, she’s uneasy in the world she now inhabits and bristles at the condescending manner of her mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The bristles of his broom had been burned off.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

They also bristled at the idea of a “gringo bishop” running their diocese, said Vasquez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Rams coach Sean McVay had bristled this week when asked if he feared a letdown by his team against a winless opponent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Resuming blaring K-pop music -- which the isolated North has long bristled at -- across the border has been floated by analysts as a possible response to last month's blast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a tense opening set, Sabalenka bristled with frustration early on as unforced errors crept into her game while Pegula settled quickly and struck the ball cleanly.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Richard bristled; his fingers felt stiff and he feared his fork would slip from his grasp and this insufferable man would know how he felt.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

High overhead, military aircraft bristling with antennas and probes scan surrounding waters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

The top is divided into 10-by-10 grids bristling with small colorful flags designating where the plants should be placed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

At the pool, firesnakes shot away from me in all directions, bristling, hissing, mysteriously wrought up.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner