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roil

[roil] / rɔɪl /




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Besides stealing potential Wall Street customers, bucket shops could roil the capital markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Besides stealing potential Wall Street customers, bucket shops could roil the capital markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Eurozone finance ministers raised expectations for higher prices and lowered them for economic growth this year as the Iran war continues to roil energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Debates about his significant role in The Beatles’ story roil into the present day.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 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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