red rag

Example Sentences

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As yields act as a red rag on both sides of the Atlantic, it will be tough for the market to carry on charging higher.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Barely a week after a 6-0 humbling at Chelsea they were a team transformed, the sight of Liverpool like a red rag to a bull.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Writing about millennials online is like a red rag to a bull – a bull that specifically loves to procrastinate by getting angry with strangers.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018

Dunwing gave orders to the two Sparra warriors: “Take red rag and grease. Bring many Sparra. Fly quiet, grease other little wormdoors. Wait ’til Queen Warbeak come.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques