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as in to anger
to make angry
the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor
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Recent Examples of roil
But revelations in recent months that politicians, officials and contractors had looted billions of dollars from the nationwide program supposed to mitigate their effects have roiled the country.
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Simultaneously, at the federal level, HHS — the backstop for states in situations of crisis — is roiling.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
At the same time, its surrounding, roiling cloud of debris hinted Fomalhaut b was an expanding dust formation.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
The massacre at one of Australia's most popular beaches followed a wave of antisemitic attacks that have roiled the country over the past year, although the authorities didn't suggest those and the shooting Sunday were connected.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
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In the days after the news of the split was made public, rumors swirled that Alix was linked to another NFL player — New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart — after a photo circulated online that appeared to show Dart sliding into the influencer’s DMs.—
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Rumors swirled, but 63-year-old veteran businessman Greg Abel was ultimately named his successor in 2025.—
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
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Their latest album, The Sludge of the Land, promises to unsettle your sensibilities by exploring the churning zone of kitsch that lurks behind more respectable musical forms.—
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
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Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.—
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Its carbon steel boils water quickly, while retaining heat.—
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Distilled water is water that has been boiled, causing the water molecules to return to a gaseous state and then condense back into liquid.—
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Starting over with a new coach or general manager right now takes contender off the table, and judging by the support thrown behind the head coach, would enrage Burrow in the process.—
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Jensen’s father, David Jensen, was enraged by McIntyre’s not guilty plea.—
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Still seething after a sloppy 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions, Johnson wasn’t hiding his dissatisfaction with a defeat that seemed to diminish his team’s momentum.—
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The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.—
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She’d been awakened by their puppy, and had been annoyed at Ryan, who hadn’t gotten up early with the dog like he was supposed to.—
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Kelce was evaluated for a concussion in the locker room, and he was annoyed at having to answer the questions that are part of the test.—
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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