irritates

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‘How do you come up with things to write about?” a young George Will once asked William F. Buckley Jr. That’s easy, said the National Review founder, “the world irritates me three times a week.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Traditional oral iron supplements can help, but they often leave behind unabsorbed iron that irritates the digestive tract and triggers inflammation.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

What irritates him is the rhetoric from those who leave, that the Hong Kong they knew has died.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

“O2” is Oscar Dela Cruz, a speck of a point guard who irritates with quickness and shooting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

“That’s what irritates me the most. If East River is so great, why were they leaving?”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken