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Collinsworth has successfully walked that line of being candid yet not crass, to always speak his mind even though his opinions often rankles fans of all 32 teams.

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His campaign pledges to raise taxes on corporations and the city’s wealthiest while freezing rents on apartments have rankled Wall Street and real-estate executives.

His subsequent booking for next year's Super Bowl rankled some US conservatives.

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That voter rebuke rankled Mr. Erdoğan, who rose to political prominence in that same Istanbul office.

This really rankled Khrushchev—one setback was not the end of the world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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