ire
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Noisy AfD lawmakers who often heckled Merz drew the ire of parliamentary speaker Julia Kloeckner.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
In doing so, he may have risked the ire of the Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who is generally disdainful of governments that make major announcements outside of Parliament.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
In 1991, NPR’s Nina Totenberg broke the story of Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, drawing the ire of the right.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The president didn’t mention him by name, but it was clear that he was the subject or her ire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
I knew the steely ire I had whetted.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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