irritant
Example Sentences
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The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.
From Salon
Now that the FTAs are done and dusted, the focus in Delhi will have to shift towards streamlining these irritants, experts say.
From BBC
These issues, analysts say, are not episodic irritants but symbols of imbalance.
From BBC
Rapid-response teams—made up of locals riding motorcycles and armed with firecrackers and devices that spray chili-pepper irritants—try to steer wandering elephants back into protected areas.
Video footage from witnesses showed Pretti holding his phone and filming agents before he was sprayed by a chemical irritant and taken to the ground by federal agents.
From Barron's
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