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The defeat and the nature of it will rankle, especially because she was considered a serious challenger for the title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

But Schmidt would know he is highlighting a topic that might rankle with some Lions fans.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

That seemed to rankle several of the justices across ideological lines.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

Winter has been unafraid to rankle city and county officials as she has criticized the status quo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

What really rankles Hedda, though, is that Lovborg and Thea have created something sublime while she has sought refuge with a scholastic mediocrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

What rankles most, say many Greenlanders, is that Trump treated their home–which he called “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located” —as a commodity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

And that dominion over the means of app distribution rankles other tech heavyweights who are trying to find ways to control their own destiny, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

That rankles Tasmanian Aboriginal people like Nala: "It's just a kick in the guts."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

It is that ugly letter-press which smarts and rankles, and festers at last into a gangrene of hatred.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

What really rankled, they said, was that there had been no consultation about placing migrants at the base – or in the town.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

While Raymond was said to be conscientious and loyal to close associates, he commanded a mixture of respect and fear, and his demeanor occasionally rankled fellow employees, competitors and outsiders such as Wall Street analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Most of those tariffs have since disappeared, but the recent proposal to impose 25 percent tariffs on some Brazilian products for alleged unfair trade practices has once again rankled Brasilia.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The sly arrogance of the comment rankled him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

But officials from the F.B.I. and Justice Department pushed back this month on specific proposals during their first public appearance on Capitol Hill to discuss the matter, rankling lawmakers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

Bobo’s only misstep other than calling In-N-Out “overrated,” rankling fans of the wildly popular burger chain, came in the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey