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enrage

[en-reyj] / ɛnˈreɪdʒ /


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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The grizzled beat reporter with vast experience has been replaced by smiling, blissfully ignorant and much cheaper talking heads who can either entice or enrage an audience with their good looks while sounding knowledgeable.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

Trying to comb it now would enrage the monsters already in my head.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

He claims that he invented jazz, a point that when disputed enrages him.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 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

This enrages Roy, who pushes over the podium and storms offstage with the other Roy Tillmans following him, aping his every gesture and statement.

From Salon Jan. 3, 2024

It twiddles along for a minute through the air and lands on the brown ottoman, which enrages my mother because it didn’t fall fast enough or land hard enough.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

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

On Wednesday night, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported being told that “the aerial image of the crowds from last week’s his rally enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them.”

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

But when she realizes Iago has slandered Desdemona she turns into an enraged lioness, roundly exposing and condemning him—and Othello—with righteous fury.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

But his decision to scrap long-standing fuel subsidies amid shortages and inflation has raised living costs and enraged a sizeable portion of the population.

From BBC May 24, 2026

As he relayed the story, Magistrate Tiger, not surprisingly, was enraged.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

Maine called his death "devastating, enraging, and unacceptable" in a joint statement.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

With Kiffin’s reputation at rock-bottom, he received a job offer from another coach with a history of bailing on jobs and enraging the fans he left behind.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

One of the biggest issues in his district recently, he noted, has been concern over wolves, who have been roaming ranch lands, killing cattle and enraging ranchers and other property owners.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

And every year, Luna found it more and more enraging.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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