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roil

[roil] / rɔɪl /




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The shares were pointing 5% lower ahead of the open Tuesday, though, as a broad tech selloff looked set to roil markets.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 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

European natural-gas prices extended gains with the benchmark Dutch TTF contract climbing 19% as the war in the Middle East continued to roil energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

Up to 31,000 healthcare professionals in California and Hawaii are involved in the strike, which is the second to roil the medical provider in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

While Love and Rayleigh waves roil Earth’s surface and secondary waves shake solid rock deep within the planet, primary waves travel through Earth’s mantle and core, causing little damage on the surface.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.

From Barron's Jan. 12, 2026

But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

Erebus is only a 20-minute helicopter ride from McMurdo, so since the 1960s scientists have studied the volcano and the lava lake that roils within its caldera, occasionally tossing out “bombs” of molten rock.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2024

The Sun caught the Spires of the South End, the gray Water that roils under the Docks, the Grasses on Beacon Hill; & all was in Motion & Ferment.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Zoo has been roiled in controversy and legal fights for years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

British energy giant BP said Tuesday that its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter as the Middle East war roiled oil and gas markets.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Controversy surrounding data center construction has roiled Texas in recent months, fostering a bipartisan coalition of opposition, particularly among rural and suburban residents.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

More ships are crossing the Strait of Hormuz, the key oil crossroads that was mostly blocked for months and roiled global crude markets amid the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

A surge of jealousy roiled Anya’s belly—she still didn’t have any magic, water or otherwise—but she managed to smile.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Abigail Spanberger, now governor of Virginia, told her colleagues on a roiling conference call after the 2020 election.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

So today we’re breaking down the controversy roiling what was supposed to be our happy place.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

As she’s gotten older, the Oscar winner has become more comfortable doing less in her performances, allowing for a fragile serenity that is belied by the anguish and anxiety roiling underneath.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Iran has renewed its warnings over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas transport which it has essentially closed since early in the war, roiling global energy markets.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

He met my eyes and I recoiled from the centuries-old fury roiling in his gaze.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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