agitation
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Some Fairhopians floated the idea that, like much of the rest of Alabama, the city operates with an old boys’ club mentality, intolerant of outside agitation like a No Kings protest.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
If you were told the building was haunted, you might attribute that agitation to something supernatural.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
"The beginning of so much of the agitation and really getting things moving is very much from the East Riding, from Bridlington," Neave adds.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Elliott’s intervention follows decades of dealmaking and investor agitation involving LSEG, including failed tie-ups with exchange operators in Canada, Germany and Hong Kong, and the purchase of Bloomberg competitor Refinitiv.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
He turned to me and said in some agitation, “They are refusing to give me my letter.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing agitation
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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