ruffled
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One senior official ruffled feathers when he said the wildfires were out of human control and that oxygen in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia "also comes from our forests".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Pau Torres: Calming presence at the back without being too ruffled.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The explosive and heart-wrenching tell-all, released this week, has reportedly ruffled feathers inside Buckingham Palace, and its not hard to imagine why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The mayor ruffled feathers again when the 17,000 notices were sent out and he wrote on X that second-home owners should check their mailboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He ruffled my curls and with a tired smile said, “It’s all good.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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