roil
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Other political issues besides war could roil markets.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Markets are getting tired of the apparent lack of progress around the U.S.-Iran peace talks and that’s creating a risk of an eventual sharp jump in oil prices, which would roil bond and stock markets.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Now, however, the counterterrorism director’s role is coming back to light as hostilities roil the Middle East and heighten the risk of attacks in the United States or against American interests or allies overseas.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
The longer the strait remains closed, the more it will roil the global economy and boost gas prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
On such a trip as mine, so much there is to see and to think about that event and thought set down as they occurred would roil and stir like a slow-cooking minestrone.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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