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[roil] / rɔɪl /




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“It could roil money markets if the structural demand for reserves isn’t first lowered,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Now, however, the counterterrorism director’s role is coming back to light as hostilities roil the Middle East and heighten the risk of attacks in the United States or against American interests or allies overseas.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Besides stealing potential Wall Street customers, bucket shops could roil the capital markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

A jump in gas prices is threatening to roil the U.S. auto industry that has leaned in to gas-powered vehicles and pulled back from electric options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

They met in a roil of water eighty miles wide.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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