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Adjective
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By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025 -
The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The irascible Helms' proposal was reduced to an agreement that USAID would remain an independent agency, but the administrator would obtain the Secretary of State's approval of its annual budget request.—
Brady Anderson Special to the Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Davidson lends his irascible appeal to Petey in an excellent vocal turn.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Today your focus on partnerships will be strong and perhaps touchy.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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Stewart Mandel parsed out a difficult — and touchy — topic.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
12 July 2024
Adjective
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Pam Bondi spars with Sen Adam Schiff at testy confirmation hearing Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the DOJ, sparred with Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The White House suspended his press credentials in November 2018 after a testy exchange with Trump at a news conference.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The site was no more than a few dozen feet from a dramatic drop to the rolling desert below, which leads through desert scrub to the foothills of Mount Cristo Rey.—
Reyes Mata III,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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Mexico City’s Art Week has begun, amid the dramatic backdrop of an incipient trade war, sparked by US President Donald Trump, as ARTnews’ Harrison Jacobs reports.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a lot of melodramatic potential in this material — particularly one late-breaking narrative development that has felled many talented artists in the past.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
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But melodramatic fantasies about the end can also serve as a kind of lurid distraction from some of the more persistent problems at hand.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Appearing with a live band and several back-up singers, the musician gave the soulful tune an impassioned performance, complete with a dapper white suit.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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The revival style jam (by the pair made up of Jon Moody and Ned Franc) is soulful and warm, giving dance vibes without veering explicitly into club territory.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Perturbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perturbable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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