agitating
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His agitating and manipulation, which he would later concede was primarily staged, drove a wedge between Montag and the show’s star Lauren Conrad.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The stakes to find McDonald’s successor escalated in recent months when Lululemon’s estranged founder and an activist investor began agitating for the company to turn things around faster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
A pair of activist shareholders are agitating for big changes at travel companies just as spring and summer travel season is about to start.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Conversations about his goals implicitly involved an assessment of his prospects, which was agitating.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
For years Minerva has been agitating to go to law school.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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