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The defeat and the nature of it will rankle, especially because she was considered a serious challenger for the title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

It could also upset the stock market and rankle high-dollar corporate donors who need a reliable legal system to attract investors.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025

For a president championed as Mexico’s most environmentally conscious leader – before entering politics, Sheinbaum was an accomplished environmental engineer – that must rankle.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

Winter has been unafraid to rankle city and county officials as she has criticized the status quo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Such talk rankles some members of the positive camp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The fact that Arif Patel has not served a single day of his 20-year prison sentence clearly rankles with Stone.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

And that dominion over the means of app distribution rankles other tech heavyweights who are trying to find ways to control their own destiny, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

It is clear from speaking to Pochettino that it particularly rankles from his time at Tottenham.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

All she had said then, her coldness, her petulance—worse than all, her indifference—are still fresh with him, and rankles within his breast.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

But he didn’t get direct access to President John F. Kennedy—an absurd demand, of course—and this rankled with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Finishing fourth was not a failure but it will have rankled with perfectionist Emery.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Testimony centered heavily on Altman's integrity and behind-the-scenes maneuvering that rankled colleagues, many of whom have since left OpenAI.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

ROME—Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met Italian leaders here on Friday, offered allies rankled by President Trump words of both support and warning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

I rankled, just as I did when I saw it in the pictures.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

But officials from the F.B.I. and Justice Department pushed back this month on specific proposals during their first public appearance on Capitol Hill to discuss the matter, rankling lawmakers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

On Wednesday, the U.S. and Taiwan announced they are set to begin formal trade negotiations, and if the trade talks are a success, it will further bolster ties between the two nations while rankling China.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey