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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

I begin to avoid the people, places and things that irk me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

One would assume that — slight compliment to his comedic chops or not — this will irk Trump.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024

Molly knows she should ignore these comments—“water off a duck’s back,” Ralph says—but they irk her.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Mark Joseph Stern: This is what irks me the most about Roberts’ opinion in Slaughter.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

And her not seeming to understand how rude she was behaving really irks me.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

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

As she walks slowly through the rooms it irks her that there are dirty dishes stacked in the kitchen, that the bed has not been made.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

It was the removal of wartime leader Churchill that particularly irked politicians earlier this year.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom was irked enough last August to diss Mr. Pratt as a “C-list reality star.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The critiques irked Pelosi, a powerful force in California politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Hegseth was also reportedly irked by Phelan communicating directly on the matter with Trump, which Hegseth took to be a slight.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

These words irked the watchman, who then decided to search the case with a fine-toothed comb.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Green Day rang in the new year by irking the richest man in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

"I have no desire or intention of irking you up, sir," he said.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Burt L. Standish