irk
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Even in cities where noise is already a steady part of life, the sound of drones seems to irk in a particular way.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
It is a rhetoric likely to irk bondholders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
These interventions can irk the grassroots, and there will be some carping over the Daines move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
But the deferred contracts are what might irk the haters the most.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
He and his new bride would come to them soon, though the Lady Una could be no more specific about the date of their arrival than this, and it appeared to irk her.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
But it’s the inclination to bang the gavel and move on that irks me.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: This is what irks me the most about Roberts’ opinion in Slaughter.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
“There wasn’t a 3 at the start of my batting average last year, and that irks me,” Freeman said last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
We asked six workplace-design gurus to envision how architects and employers will try to fix what irks many workers about the office today:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
It irks me that she thinks this is fine.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
While knitters were frustrated that the piece was being represented by crochet, crocheters were irked that the piece talked so much about knitting.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
Some customers are irked by replacement tickets StubHub offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was the removal of wartime leader Churchill that particularly irked politicians earlier this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
They announced the search for a new jersey patch sponsor and sent out season ticket renewal notices that irked fans facing high markups.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Dad comes in and checks on me, and although he pretends to be upbeat, he’s irked.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Moffett said that, in the old days, television channels didn’t have to worry about irking customers with rising costs, because that relationship was handled by a middleman — the cable companies.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
He met his wife, Rebecca, at a wedding in 1992 that he attended as a friend’s plus one, irking her by interrupting her conversation with the bride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
The head of German auto industry group VDA decried the EU parliament's decision, saying it sent a "devastating sign" and risked irking Mercosur countries.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
He is known for his fiery speeches, and leading protests in unconventional ways against alleged government excesses, often irking authorities.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
My sire and hers, and even herself comply, “But nature far more strong denies, alone “Me irking with refusal.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
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