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roil

verb as in irritate

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verb as in upset

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U.S. universities, many roiled by protests last spring, are on alert as the Trump administration threatens to yank federal funding and crack down on campus demonstrations against Israel that erupted after the Oct.

Poised to be a dad himself, he’s roiling with lava-like anger at his childhood neglect.

Desperation roils off him like a lonely heart on a first date.

While “Instruments of a Beating Heart” made me weep with joy, “Incident” made me roil with fury.

From Salon

Such debates have roiled Democrats for decades — and they usually aren’t resolved until the party chooses its next presidential nominee, more than three years from now.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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