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The defeat and the nature of it will rankle, especially because she was considered a serious challenger for the title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

But the lack of progress on the issue has started to rankle the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union for officers below the rank of lieutenant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Tax experts said there are other options that are easier to implement and less likely to rankle voters.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

That seemed to rankle several of the justices across ideological lines.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

This time “the stare” began to rankle him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

What rankles most, say many Greenlanders, is that Trump treated their home–which he called “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located” —as a commodity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Collinsworth has successfully walked that line of being candid yet not crass, to always speak his mind even though his opinions often rankles fans of all 32 teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

That rankles Tasmanian Aboriginal people like Nala: "It's just a kick in the guts."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

That rankles, and the latest street protests over pay have come from police officers.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

In the same manner, a malevolent affection to our fellow-men may be checked from producing injurious conduct, while the feeling still rankles in the heart, in the form of envy or hatred.

From The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by John Abercrombie

Finishing fourth was not a failure but it will have rankled with perfectionist Emery.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Testimony centered heavily on Altman's integrity and behind-the-scenes maneuvering that rankled colleagues, many of whom have since left OpenAI.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

King was Jackson’s mentor, but this act rankled the civil rights leader’s more senior allies, who viewed it as rank self-promotion.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

Littlefinger had concealed Catelyn and helped Ned in his inquiries, yet his haste to save his own skin when Jaime and his swords had come out of the rain still rankled.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

Cheap replicas are flooding the market for the old-timey pens, rankling fans of a product long known for steep prices and a user base dominated by royalty, politicians and wealthy elites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Those shifts made it harder for many apps to target advertising to users, rankling tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

Bobo’s only misstep other than calling In-N-Out “overrated,” rankling fans of the wildly popular burger chain, came in the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey