red rag
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As yields act as a red rag on both sides of the Atlantic, it will be tough for the market to carry on charging higher.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Fairclough added wearing number one "was like waving a red rag to a bull at that level of football".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Writing about millennials online is like a red rag to a bull – a bull that specifically loves to procrastinate by getting angry with strangers.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018
Each time someone arrives to eat dinner, he waves the red rag to guide the customer into a parking space, like a ground crew member ushering a jetliner to a gate.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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