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enrage

[en-rayj] / ɛnˈreɪdʒ /


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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

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

Whatever they decide, their opinion will be sorely tested as the trial proceeds through jury selection, evidentiary rulings and closing arguments sure to enrage an already incendiary defendant with no impulse control.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023

She would have thought a question like that, which was almost an insult, would enrage the great creature beyond reason, and she wondered at Farder Coram’s courage in asking it.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

“It simultaneously breaks my heart and enrages me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

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

Not that the S5 isn’t plenty sporty once it’s engaged—or, enraged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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

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

I compare her to one of those destructive rivers that, when they become enraged, flood the plains, ruin the trees and buildings, raising the earth from one spot and dropping it onto another.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Such a move would buy time, but also run the risk of enraging Trump at a delicate moment in U.S.-Mexico relations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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

In the age of the telegraph, news of his words moved swiftly back to South Africa, enraging its white inhabitants.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson


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