irritant

Example Sentences

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Also an irritant for some locals: Most of the power will go to Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the Arctic’s great tourist attractions is, for military planners, one of its great irritants: the northern lights.

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West Germany, Japan and later South Korea all did the same, eventually running up surpluses that became longstanding irritants with the U.S.

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It is an amalgam of microeconomic irritants that vary by individual, time and place.

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The two leaders directed their officials "to move quickly to resolve outstanding trade issues and irritants," according to a readout released by Carney's office after the meeting.

From BBC