red rag

Example Sentences

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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

Barely a week after a 6-0 humbling at Chelsea they were a team transformed, the sight of Liverpool like a red rag to a bull.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Is this a red rag to a bull, an invitation to Salah to set the record straight?

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2018

Out of the side window I point to a faded red rag tied to a stick and what appears to be a driveway, overgrown with weeds.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline