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agitation

[aj-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌædʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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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

At the same time, agitation over AI data centers and Flock cameras have become huge issues in many areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Moving patients with Alzheimer’s disease, he said, is associated with “behavioral destabilization, increased agitation, accelerated functional decline and a higher likelihood of acute care utilization.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

It would be wise to avoid extreme agitation while raising the dragon.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

And so, I considered the befuddling risks, stresses, uncertainties, child care complications, psychic agitations and relative irresponsibility of traveling anywhere at all and asked, “What if I drove to Spokane?”

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2021

Millions of separate and precise agitations bombarded her senses.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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