irritable
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Franchisees, at least in analyst surveys, tend to be an irritable bunch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
But doctors said teasing out the cancer cases at an early stage could be challenging when symptoms such as bloating are hard to distinguish from benign conditions including irritable bowel syndrome.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome who took an experimental GLP-1 drug reported relief of acute pain and those with knee osteoarthritis and obesity have less knee pain though that can’t be separated from weight loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"At night we're sweating, we're irritable, we have children to look out for, elderly people who need electricity for oxygen tanks," she told the BBC's US partner CBS.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He climbed out of bed slowly, irritable, his eyes still half-masted when he picked up the phone in his family’s narrow hallway.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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