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as in angers
to make angry
the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor
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The buck kicks his feet, churns mud, and slings debris skyward.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
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As Hurricane Milton churns toward Tampa Bay, scientists say the swiftly intensifying storm could bring historic devastation to Florida’s second-largest metropolitan area.—
Chelsea Harvey,
Scientific American,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Roils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roils. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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