enrage
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It’s the Epstein files that really enrage Kasamis.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
These predictions—and still more disturbing ones—both confuse and enrage Oedipus, and lead him to accuse Creon of unseemly ambition and betrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
In exchange for helping to nail Leasure, France got immunity from the D.A.’s office — a deal that would forever enrage detectives on the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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The grizzled beat reporter with vast experience has been replaced by smiling, blissfully ignorant and much cheaper talking heads who can either entice or enrage an audience with their good looks while sounding knowledgeable.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
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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
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 moment both enrages and terrifies her, conjuring the “madness of heartbreak” and disrupting the process of grief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor disgusts, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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The Times reporting enraged Trump, and the administration tried to unmask the paper’s sources before ultimately backing down.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s libretto, the enraged Menelaus tries to kill his errant wife Helena on their journey home from Troy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
Yes, the first goal was controversial, and enraged many - not just around me that day but in England and all over the world for many years.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
But when Paishon reprimanded him for lagging behind, Julio became enraged.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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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
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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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: en-, em-
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