roil

Example Sentences

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The goal was to prevent Israel from taking military action inside Iraq to try to stop the missile launches, a step Washington feared could roil the Arab members of its coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The LME outage was the second to roil a major exchange in as many months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Debates about his significant role in The Beatles’ story roil into the present day.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

The analysis shows an outsize effect on noncitizen women, whose reported employment plummeted about 8.6%, or 1 in 12 out of work after raids began to roil Los Angeles in early June.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Most of the shaking that we think of as an earthquake is caused by a category of seismic wave known as surface waves, which roil Earth’s crust, taking everything on it for a ride.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland