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The defeat and the nature of it will rankle, especially because she was considered a serious challenger for the title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

But the lack of progress on the issue has started to rankle the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union for officers below the rank of lieutenant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Tax experts said there are other options that are easier to implement and less likely to rankle voters.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

That seemed to rankle several of the justices across ideological lines.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

What rankles more is his only international T20 appearance three weeks later, when Ireland plundered 52 from his four overs.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

And that dominion over the means of app distribution rankles other tech heavyweights who are trying to find ways to control their own destiny, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Collinsworth has successfully walked that line of being candid yet not crass, to always speak his mind even though his opinions often rankles fans of all 32 teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

That rankles Tasmanian Aboriginal people like Nala: "It's just a kick in the guts."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

Then you still loved the man who——" "Love either flows away like water, or it rankles in a festering heart and changes into gall.

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by P. Jones

Finishing fourth was not a failure but it will have rankled with perfectionist Emery.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Overturning Balogun’s red card has rankled even some American soccer fans, who see the intervention as tainting a U.S. run that had been gathering momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Closing arguments centered heavily on Altman's integrity and behind-the-scenes maneuvering that rankled colleagues.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

I suddenly felt very guarded, but his silence also rankled me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

That is rankling the banking industry, which sees the new players as potential rivals that aren’t subject to the same level of regulatory oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

Bobo’s only misstep other than calling In-N-Out “overrated,” rankling fans of the wildly popular burger chain, came in the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

On Wednesday, the U.S. and Taiwan announced they are set to begin formal trade negotiations, and if the trade talks are a success, it will further bolster ties between the two nations while rankling China.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey