agitation
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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
Even after multiple rounds of talks and the government accepting several demands, protesters say the agitation will continue until all their demands are met.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
He was sweating and trembling, and his frog dæmon fell from the edge of the witness stand to the floor in her agitation.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Mr Dixit agrees - he thinks that any support garnered by aggressive language agitations is likely to be short-lived.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Most are believed to originate from the distant, icy reaches of the solar system where gravitational agitations sometimes push them toward the sun — an interaction that transforms them into gorgeous cosmic objects.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
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
There being few provisions for sale, the bustle of commerce had given way to the scurried agitations of scarcity and the angry chafferings of need.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing agitation
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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