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roil

verb as in irritate

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verb as in upset

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There was a great expanse of Russia and Europe, and miles of roiling sea, between her and the place she most longed to be.

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Mr. Roberts’s actions have roiled Heritage and unsettled many on the right who once respected the foundation.

Good on the Supreme Court for agreeing to settle a point that has roiled states since the pandemic: When, exactly, does an election end?

Most of the shaking that we think of as an earthquake is caused by a category of seismic wave known as surface waves, which roil Earth’s crust, taking everything on it for a ride.

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But the roiling effects of the closure, as well as the data disruptions it brought on, are likely to make it hard to know just how big that bite was.

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

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