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roil

verb as in irritate

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Weak match

verb as in upset

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What’s more, federal electric vehicle support is gone, roiling product and spending plans across the industry.

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A growing thirst for matcha is roiling a delicate supply chain from Japanese tea farms to California’s cafes.

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The claims figures provide a glimpse into the roiling of the federal workforce at a time when most official economic reports have been postponed by the shutdown.

Keenly aware of the violence that roiled around him, as well as the local mob figures that ruled the area, Scorsese found solace in the Catholic Church.

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At California universities Monday, the ceasefire in Gaza — and the accompanying hostage and prisoner exchange — emerged as an inflection point for the future of a student-led protest movement that for two years has roiled campuses.

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