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The trial “will get Beijing’s attention and irritate them,” said Jonathan Czin, a China expert at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A 4-2 defeat to Real Sociedad on Tuesday will irritate their perfectionist head coach, but there is plenty of time for him to fine-tune the Europa League holders before the start of the new campaign.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Breathing air with high levels of NO2 can irritate airways, cause coughing, wheezing or make it difficult to breathe and worsen diseases like asthma.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Officials have said the main public health concern for those being affected by smoke is fine particles that can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs, as well as exacerbate heart and lung conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

I wonder if I’m just noticing all the things about him that irritate me more than usual.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

While some men’s inability to see a queer relationship right before their eyes irritates Rosales, she uses these opportunities to clown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

That tension with boxing's old guard irritates Paul.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

This irritates the Chinese authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing to no end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Marv admires his own humor and still persists with the key, which irritates me no end.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

De Zerbi, never someone to disguise his emotions, grew more animated and irritated as the game went on, marching on to the pitch at the final whistle for an exchange with substitute Mathys Tel.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Canada's regional leaders said previously that the United States was particularly irritated by one retaliatory measure: the removal of US alcohol and wine from liquor stores.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

One imagines irritated Michigan Wolverines burning checkbooks and disavowing money-market accounts as they drink their spritzes at Ann Arbor tailgates—but inside Columbus, this is like getting to sponsor religion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Her in-laws had a different reaction: “We were showing them the house, and they got more irritated with every room — like, ‘You have books in here too?’

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

He laughed, a raspy chuckle that irritated my ears like forks scraping against plates.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

“It was real skinny, real wiry, real kind of irritating actually; listening to it almost hurt your head,” Wagoner said in Stephen Miller’s “Smart Blonde: The Life of Dolly Parton.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

It said the tell-tale signs of bedbugs include red, irritating bites and small blood smears on bed linen; and small brown insects in or around the sleeping area.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

After a rough start, including a run-in with an irritating policeman, she lands at the home of a baker, Osono, who gives her a place to stay in exchange for labor and her delivery services.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Letisha Lucas, a 33-year-old tourist from Canada -- which has its own wildfires happening -- said the smoke smell was immediately obvious on arrival in Madrid "and very irritating on the throat".

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Such a public revelation only brought about irritating questions.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas