enrage
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It’s the Epstein files that really enrage Kasamis.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
After all, what could enrage reactionaries more than a confident, gender-bending, anti-colonial Puerto Rican performing in Spanish on the country’s most mythologized stage?
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 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
Unfortunately, one of the easiest ways to engage people is to enrage them.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025
She thought of switching to her left hand, but because she was right-handed she was afraid she might spill the sauce with her left hand, which could enrage Count Olaf again.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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
But he said Israel would need to rely more on cheaper artillery or non-sophisticated bombs, further increasing risks of civilian casualties that have enraged international opinion.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
SEOUL—Just over a year ago, the botched launch of the Kang Kon enraged Kim Jong Un.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
People are too busy searching for things “to be enraged about,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Times reporting enraged Trump, and the administration tried to unmask the paper’s sources before ultimately backing down.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Minos was enraged at his escape and determined to find him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Someone once told me that an opinion capable of enraging both sides of the political divide is probably worth saying.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
And yet she has a gift for making politics relatable without enraging rhetoric since, as she points out, political figures are celebrities too.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
LSU’s Lane Kiffin wants to add former NFL rookies to his roster, enraging the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Maine called his death "devastating, enraging, and unacceptable" in a joint statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
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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