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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
Paramount’s main business — broadcast and cable TV — is roiled.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 July 2025
Climate change is already roiling insurance markets, and the banking industry is reassessing investments for a warming planet.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In May, Ayers posted photos on social media site X of lightning roiling far, far beneath the International Space Station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 July 2025
But the conflict that’s roiling your family complicates things.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 July 2025
Climate change is already roiling insurance markets, and the banking industry is reassessing investments for a warming planet.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In May, Ayers posted photos on social media site X of lightning roiling far, far beneath the International Space Station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 July 2025
But the conflict that’s roiling your family complicates things.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil
Verb
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In Tennessee, jam cake batter is swirled with blackberry jam.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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The group invited those angered by rollbacks on things such as voting rights, essential services and free speech to join them July 17, the fifth anniversary of Lewis’ death.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
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The story, though, didn't die down and Trump only appeared to grow more angered by the pushback from his supporters.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Combined with extended plan commitments, these steps would reduce plans’ churn costs and encourage prevention investments.—
Dr. Ashwin Vasan,
New York Daily News,
18 July 2025
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But as with all NFL teams, the roster began to churn immediately after the season ended.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
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The memo infuriated Kelly and other high-profile members of Trump's coalition, who for years have peddled conspiracy theories claiming Epstein was murdered and that the government covered up an extensive list of wealthy politicians and businesspeople who were involved with Epstein.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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But three months are ahead for the always interesting, often amusing, and sometimes infuriating Big Brother.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Armenians boiled your parchment skin to make yellow umber for silk and wool.—
Peter Balakian,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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By crushing bones and boiling them to extract grease, Neanderthals tapped into a rich energy source, using techniques once thought to belong only to much later human groups.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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This conclusion satisfies some of the victims’ families while enraging others.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Israel has shown Iran the extent of its intelligence penetration into the country and cannot, at least for the foreseeable future, continue its war without enraging Trump.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The victors gloat, the losers seethe and neither side gives an inch.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Well, Materialists has repurposed that trope once again, and the internet is seething.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
21 June 2025
Verb
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That acquisition annoyed shareholders and customers alike, with investors taking issue with the fact that it was structured to avoid a vote.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 July 2025
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However, in addition to the controversy over self-grading the results, OpenAI also annoyed the IMO community because its Saturday announcement appears to have violated the embargo agreement with the International Mathematical Olympiad.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
21 July 2025
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“Roil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roil. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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