roil
Example Sentences
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Eurozone finance ministers raised expectations for inflation and lowered them for growth this year as the Iran war continues to roil energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
European natural-gas prices extended gains with the benchmark Dutch TTF contract climbing 19% as the war in the Middle East continued to roil energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii walked off the job early Monday in the latest work stoppage to roil the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Debates about his significant role in The Beatles’ story roil into the present day.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
They met in a roil of water eighty miles wide.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.