roils

Example Sentences

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“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Erebus is only a 20-minute helicopter ride from McMurdo, so since the 1960s scientists have studied the volcano and the lava lake that roils within its caldera, occasionally tossing out “bombs” of molten rock.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Yet even as Earth roils through unprecedented heatwaves and animals like river dolphins face extinction, there is still hope that climate change can be at least partially mitigated.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Each hath his element; each is wary of brigandage; and a gulf roils between us all.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson