red rag
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As yields act as a red rag on both sides of the Atlantic, it will be tough for the market to carry on charging higher.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
This was like a red rag to an already irate bull.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2020
Such an agreement would be far simpler, limited largely to tariff reduction, and would not be known as “TTIP”, a red rag to anti-globalisation protesters.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2018
Each time someone arrives to eat dinner, he waves the red rag to guide the customer into a parking space, like a ground crew member ushering a jetliner to a gate.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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