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roiling

verb as in upset

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verb as in irritate

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Tensions rise, and soon sister is pitted against sister in the election for class president — an election that roils family and friends as well.

To my left lay an unobstructed, bubbling mud pot, and to my right was a roiling, barrier-free geyser.

It’s that roiling remnant that Park and colleagues are exploring.

“Barr OK for election-fraud investigations roils Justice Department,” by Josh GersteinWorries about a fishing expedition to cast doubt on election results.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA said it’s facing “a very uncertain future,” sending the stock plunging, after Norway ruled out providing financial support to a carrier that’s fighting to survive as the coronavirus crisis roils global travel markets.

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In conversation, her ideas emerge at a roiling boil that often takes on a momentum of its own.

An aerial image shows what appears to be a spa, roiling water apparently carrying no nasty connotations.

This official declined to discuss the details of the current espionage case that is roiling the German government today.

It is a seething, boiling, roiling, apoplectic revulsion at the very idea of unions.

This ruling is one of just a number of technology-related issues roiling in Washington right now.

The napalm caught, tongues of flame and roiling, greasy smoke climbed up to the sky.

Out of a rolling wall of still-roiling dust, Murgatroyd appeared forlornly.

I remember his wild look, as the red flame, roiling between us, shut him from our sight!

He plunged about frantically and churned up the water, roiling the stream.

Whitecaps and a roiling sea told him there was plenty of wind in the squall.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to roiling, such as: rile, stir, muddy, anger, annoy, and foul.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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