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as in to steam
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle
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as in to infuriate
to make angry
it rankles me when some schools can't even afford paper and pencils for the students
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Recent Examples of rankle
This isn’t Perplexity’s first time rankling a publisher.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Her reporting sometimes rankles local government officials, according to court papers, including the Laredo Police Department.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Matt Mahan San Jose’s mayor is rankling fellow Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom with his strong support of Prop 36, a ballot measure to increase prison time for fentanyl and retail theft.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
The Boxer is always rankled and always on guard, with eyes that seem to dart and search for opportunity.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Her reporting sometimes rankles local government officials, according to court papers, including the Laredo Police Department.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Matt Mahan San Jose’s mayor is rankling fellow Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom with his strong support of Prop 36, a ballot measure to increase prison time for fentanyl and retail theft.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
The Boxer is always rankled and always on guard, with eyes that seem to dart and search for opportunity.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
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Softened butter can ooze and melt away in the oven before steaming, which is what really creates those pockets of air that lead to flaky pastry.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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Crossroads Village steams along during holidays Genesee County Parks in Flint offers its own magical experience, Christmas at Crossroads, which lets riders enjoy an evening trip on the 1800s Huckleberry Railroad and by streets filled with decorations celebrating Christmas past.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jackson showed little remorse for the victims of his violent attacks, which infuriated McManus.Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Why was their public support for their son and other families like theirs so infuriating to many conservative Christians? Gushee, the Christian ethicist, has a theory.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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The show ends in 1350, around the time that the Black Death was raging through Siena.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Maia Sandu, the pro-Western president, is seeking reelection after guiding Moldova closer to the European Union than ever before while Russia’s war in Ukraine raged near its eastern border.Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Since then Christie’s sold off Sly Stallone’s GMC, which seems to have angered Patek CEO Thierry Stern.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Four years later, when their acting high priest left, Book was angered to be pressured into taking on his responsibilities without the ability to take on the title of High Priest.Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
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The service tacked to the political center after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger 2.5 years ago, but still enrages Trump routinely.David Bloom, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sal, still enraged at how Oz murdered his wife and son in Episode 5, begins to beat Oz savagely with a golf club.Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her bagels, 14,000 per day, boil in the kettles before being transferred to the ovens to bake.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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The problems with the water system persisted, with residents being asked to boil their water for safety amid reports of brown water, leaking sewage and low water pressure.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Examples of structural issues include being easily annoyed by other people’s demands and stories about their daily activities.Courtney Smith, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The report said the mailings annoyed and confused some voters.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Rankle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankle. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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