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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.
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.
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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