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exasperate

[ig-zas-puh-reyt] / ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt /


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To further exasperate the lingering injury bug, Reaves left the game after the first half because of left calf soreness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

The issues exasperate many of the remaining businesses.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

However, quite how the hosts did not manage to win will mystify and exasperate the new man at the helm.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2022

The series can tend toward the twee, and the characters can exasperate.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Such a circumstance could only exasperate farther, and, when he ceased, the colour rose into her cheeks, and she said:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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