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It is a rhetoric likely to irk bondholders.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Consider what Brunson said recently in response to being asked to share the basketball more, the sort of glory-curbing request that can irk an NBA star.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Mr Peirson is concerned that the nature of the Ministry of Defence building deal may irk businesses which have already committed to Serbia.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

As the days wore on, stray comments started to irk him.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Molly knows she should ignore these comments—“water off a duck’s back,” Ralph says—but they irk her.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Mark Joseph Stern: This is what irks me the most about Roberts’ opinion in Slaughter.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

“There wasn’t a 3 at the start of my batting average last year, and that irks me,” Freeman said last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

And her not seeming to understand how rude she was behaving really irks me.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

The “overtourism” that irks residents of Venice and Barcelona is also riling locals in Osaka and Kyoto, where kimono-clad visitors clog the streets and temples to secure their snapshots for social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

It irks me that she thinks this is fine.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Roberts irked Cubs fans a week and a half ago when, asked to evaluate Ohtani’s season overall, he said he’ll still be the NL MVP.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

That circumvention of Iran’s control has irked domestic critics of the preliminary peace deal with the U.S., which primarily aimed to reopen the strait and take pressure off oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Sanchez also dangled the prospect of a massive port deal for American investors -- one that would rival a Chinese port concession at Chancay north of Lima that has long irked the White House.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Hegseth was also reportedly irked by Phelan communicating directly on the matter with Trump, which Hegseth took to be a slight.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

She laughed when Chaol, irked at how Celaena stood in front of the mirror for five minutes, admiring herself, half-dragged her out of the room.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Moffett said that, in the old days, television channels didn’t have to worry about irking customers with rising costs, because that relationship was handled by a middleman — the cable companies.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

The head of German auto industry group VDA decried the EU parliament's decision, saying it sent a "devastating sign" and risked irking Mercosur countries.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

The company had also stopped communicating with Jefferies’ investment bankers, irking people within the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

On Monday, Paramount ousted chief executive Bob Bakish, who was known to have opposed the Skydance proposal, irking controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

My sire and hers, and even herself comply, “But nature far more strong denies, alone “Me irking with refusal.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard