angering

Example Sentences

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The company had been struggling after angering customers with a series of price hikes in response to its own soaring costs in 2022.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Utilities that manage such growth without angering customers by hiking prices are “uniquely positioned to capture this upside.”

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

At the risk of angering her, Jimenez describes her mother as a “cool mom,” and compares her to Amy Poehler’s character in “Mean Girls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

In a much lower-stakes action last weekend, the mayor of a city abutting the waterway ordered the demolition of a Chinese-built friendship park, angering Beijing’s embassy in nearby Panama City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

It was a relief to know they could finally write books and appear in newspapers without angering security-minded officials.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield