- present participle of irk.
irking
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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
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
The company had also stopped communicating with Jefferies’ investment bankers, irking people within the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The MGM Grand Garden Arena even showed the UFC fight on their big screens during the wait, irking the hardcore boxing fans and the Mexican champion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
That irking insecurity which so largely poisons the common lot was something wholly foreign to the ken of the Druces, they must brew their own poisons to take its tonic place.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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