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agitation

[aj-i-tay-shuhn] / ˌædʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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As Hedda Gabler warned, bored women are time bombs whose agitation puts everyone at risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

As it tightened, I wondered if it could sense my agitation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

This year Baum travelled to Germany to talk about his family's experience of antisemitic persecution and to warn against far-right agitation, including at anti-AfD protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He warned that the protesters' agitation should not be politicised and also reiterated his promise to take action to deliver justice.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

If Booth’s agitation about the riders worried Garrett, his flight into the woods with Herold frightened him even more.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Mr Dixit agrees - he thinks that any support garnered by aggressive language agitations is likely to be short-lived.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025

Amid all his witty agitations and narcissistic machinations, Marvel’s Loki, as played by Tom Hiddleston, helped his eponymous Disney+ series land as the most watched of Marvel Studios’ freshman television lineup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

The comment comes against the backdrop of recent agitations from employees at several technology companies.

From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2022

“What is not religiously made obligatory therefore cannot be made a quintessential aspect of the religion through public agitations or by the passionate arguments in courts,” the panel wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen


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