ire
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But that wasn’t the only reason locals sometimes directed their ire toward health workers.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
The joke, which revolved around a misunderstanding between a Kurdish woman and a doctor, also drew the ire of the pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party which said it had filed a complaint against him.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Hernandez, who is transgender, has faced harassment and ire from anti-trans protesters and conservative pundits during the past two years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Offering a layup to politics writers, Drake briefly wonders if the ire he’s earned through decades of digs and questionable interpolations of other artists’ songs is actually antisemitism.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Had I attended to the suggestions of pride and ire, I should immediately have left him; but something worked within me more strongly than those feelings could.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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