ruffle
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Despite hand-wringing over the risk that travellers will baulk at paying higher fares, the ongoing war did not appear to ruffle feathers at the International Air Transport Association's annual conference in Rio, which ends Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet it probably won’t be enough to ruffle feathers on Wall Street, especially with investors focused on Iran.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
Rachel has already admitted she is "nervous" that Fiona could "ruffle a few feathers" - especially as she voted out traitor Hugo on Friday's episode.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
His ability to ruffle feathers is simply indicative of his desire to speed things up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Habib sighed, reaching across the table to ruffle Mariam’s fine reddish brown hair.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Pau Torres: Calming presence at the back without being too ruffled.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
A recent change of finance minister ruffled some feathers, but the selection of Suahasil Nazara—an experienced technocrat with a solid record—has soothed some worries about erratic policymaking, analyst say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Because in his time as a resident and elected official, he’s ruffled some feathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
She first started playing at the age of four, saying: "I went to train every day after school with my ruffled socks, light-up shoes and chubby cheeks."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
She rifles through her closet: the turquoise silk blouse with red buttons, the pale pink flowered dress with a ruffled hem.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
The sound of papel picado garlands ruffling in the wind — and an elaborately swirling marigold runway — welcomed corporeal and non-corporeal visitors to Victoria Jean Cruz Jimenez’s altar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shriver has become known for ruffling feathers, but it wasn’t always so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
President Donald Trump has a way of ruffling feathers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
She could see the wind ruffling the tips of the creamy white hairs along his back.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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