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rankle

verb as in annoy, irritate

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The late Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada rankled some fellow Democrats in 2009 when he said in an interview: “I do not work for Barack Obama. I work with him.”

At the same time, some of his actions rankled the deputies’ union so much that it poured money into the 2018 campaign to unseat him.

For a president championed as Mexico’s most environmentally conscious leader – before entering politics, Sheinbaum was an accomplished environmental engineer – that must rankle.

From BBC

The decision to not air the documentary until December has rankled Morris, who had already made the rounds on the network to promote his work.

From Salon

Winter has been unafraid to rankle city and county officials as she has criticized the status quo.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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