irritated
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Mr. Massie has also irritated the president by raising his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in 2019 while in jail awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The remarks irritated Delhi, which has long rejected third-party mediation, and contributed to strains in India-US ties.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"Few answers are going to be complete, especially when you cut me off all the time," the visibly irritated multibillionaire said as he resumed his duel Thursday morning with the defense attorney for OpenAI.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
What follows is a tightly told fable-like journey built around the war-battered realities of survival when everyone’s tired, hungry and irritated.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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