- present participle of rankle.
rankling
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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
But officials from the F.B.I. and Justice Department pushed back this month on specific proposals during their first public appearance on Capitol Hill to discuss the matter, rankling lawmakers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
“We didn’t take players from Oklahoma, we took players from the transfer portal,” Riley said in a February radio interview with Colin Cowherd, rankling fans even further.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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
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