enrage
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That would certainly displease, even enrage, Mr. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s the Epstein files that really enrage Kasamis.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
But it was Friedkin’s combination of Hollywood swagger and theatrical bumbling that really seemed to enrage Berkoff most.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
The grizzled beat reporter with vast experience has been replaced by smiling, blissfully ignorant and much cheaper talking heads who can either entice or enrage an audience with their good looks while sounding knowledgeable.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
She hesitated, conscious that in answering she would be offering a form of defense, a rationale, and that it might enrage him further.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
"I look at my happy, healthy, 2 1/2-year-old daughter, and that enrages me," the Zurawski v.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
“There is enough housing, it’s just they’re not for the residents. It really enrages me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
And on the social media site X, where he has 425,000 followers, Mr. Tan doesn’t just rub some people the wrong way, he enrages them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
The sight of the pamphlets and fliers enrages the judge.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
People are too busy searching for things “to be enraged about,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Year in and year out, in incidents small and noticeably larger, refinery accidents enraged neighbors and attracted regulators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The muster of Spartan homoioi was down to about 1,000 when an enraged Spartan king, Agesilaus, forced a showdown with Thebes, a far more populous city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
General warrants and writs of assistance enraged the colonies precisely because they allowed British officials to rummage through homes and businesses without individualized suspicion.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
I walked to Dolores, enraged at the threat.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Maine called his death "devastating, enraging, and unacceptable" in a joint statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The success also marks an extraordinary turnaround for an investor who was better known for the rare feat of enraging constituencies on both sides of the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
There are noteworthy nuggets, as we set out here, and the revelations about his payoff will be, to many, enraging.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
If one believes that progress in this country is linear and upward, such a reality is jarring and enraging.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
He stood silently for a moment, trying to think of how to say no without further enraging Trademaster.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: en-, em-
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