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Even in cities where noise is already a steady part of life, the sound of drones seems to irk in a particular way.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

The pup appreciates doing things for pleasure, not efficiency, thus the gnomes irk him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

Sahil shifted beside me, probably not used to being so close to Hannah’s irk.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It irks people when they buy milk but gets scant attention when they buy stocks, unless it’s about handicapping what the Fed’s next rate move might be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.

From Salon ● May 10, 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

As she walks slowly through the rooms it irks her that there are dirty dishes stacked in the kitchen, that the bed has not been made.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

While knitters were frustrated that the piece was being represented by crochet, crocheters were irked that the piece talked so much about knitting.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

Some customers are irked by replacement tickets StubHub offers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

It was the removal of wartime leader Churchill that particularly irked politicians earlier this year.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

The critiques irked Pelosi, a powerful force in California politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Actually, what irked him was the mirrored lenses; it was unpleasant having Perry’s eyes hidden behind the privacy of those tinted, reflecting surfaces.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

His heart leaped at the notion of getting away from Ponkwasset; he perceived how it had been irking him to stay.

From April Hopes by William Dean Howells