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chafe

verb as in rub, grind against

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Even as the elk moved in, many ranching families were beginning to chafe at what they said was government red tape that made it hard to run their operations.

For 43 years, that vision for abolishing the education department - backed by members chafing at "big government" control over state issues - went unrealised.

From BBC

To listen to the many Californians who have chafed at the state’s continued growth and opposed further development, you would think this reversal would solve all our problems.

Bankers and financiers say Trump’s victory has emboldened those who chafed at “woke doctrine” and felt they had to self-censor or change their language to avoid offending younger colleagues, women, minorities or disabled people.

From Salon

She replied that she had struggled with "bleeding and chafing" for years and the doctor suggested she could have a surgical reduction, to which Shields agreed.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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