1
as in to perturb
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as in to afflict
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Recent Examples of aggrieve
British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a chemicals magnate and an avid outdoorsman, was aggrieved when Land Rover replaced its rugged and rudimentary old Defender with a design that shares its engineering principles with current passenger cars.
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
Amazon prohibits class action lawsuits in which aggrieved sellers can aggregate their claims and have their case decided by a judge or a jury.
—Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
He was aggrieved when Hitler, in an attempt to make the National Socialists more palatable to the middle class, opposed the Rural People’s Movement, a popular anti-Weimar tax revolt, which was commendably trying to blow up buildings in Berlin.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
Foreigners who aggrieve the Chinese Communist Party seriously enough typically get banned from the country.
—Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
Amazon prohibits class action lawsuits in which aggrieved sellers can aggregate their claims and have their case decided by a judge or a jury.
—Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
He was aggrieved when Hitler, in an attempt to make the National Socialists more palatable to the middle class, opposed the Rural People’s Movement, a popular anti-Weimar tax revolt, which was commendably trying to blow up buildings in Berlin.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
Foreigners who aggrieve the Chinese Communist Party seriously enough typically get banned from the country.
—Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieve
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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As these stars and planets whirl around each other, their gravitational interactions perturb the orbits of other smaller objects in Alpha Centauri, ranging from asteroids and comets — planetesimals left over from the formation of our neighboring system — to particles of dust.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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As inflation, tariffs, and other economic woes start afflicting the working class, Americans must not ignore the quiet rumble of tax reform on Capitol Hill, which poses additional concerns for those who are already struggling -- especially the most financially vulnerable among us.—
Jack Salmon,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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For instance, if your potatoes and tomatoes are afflicted with black spot, don't plant your rose in the vegetable garden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Many here see her as the embodiment of an America undergoing a cultural shift that threatens the heritage and political sensibilities of an old frontier town disquieted by changing times and suspicious of alternative lifestyles.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2024
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One of Biden’s challenges is that some of the Black men who are paying close attention in Macon are deeply disquieted by the influx of migrants at the U.S.’s southern border and the amount of money that his administration has committed to stopping Russia’s war in Ukraine.—
Maeve Reston,
Washington Post,
30 June 2024
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Many of them would remember when the 17th Street Causeway had a draw bridge that tormented drivers, rising frequently for huge sailboats parading out to the Atlantic while locals were just trying to get to Publix.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Philharmonic, after banning Mahler during the Nazi period, had played his great, tangled, tormented later symphonies only a few times.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Higher speeds are more likely to kill or maim people, especially in crashes that involve pedestrians or cyclists.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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Even after Punk hit the GTS, Punk refused to cover Rollins since this match was about maiming one another.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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While the New York Jets may be in the market for a quarterback in the NFL draft, drafting one early would understandably upset Fields, which may or may not matter to the Jets as of now.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Substrate Checkmate The fact that cloud-native applications (in so many instances) fail to be wholly integrated with the lower substrate services that underpin them is enough to upset any self-respecting cloud architect.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The six defendants allegedly began holding a man against his will on March 14 and proceeded to torture him at a Red Roof Inn in Maumee, Ohio, according to an arrest warrant.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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He was detained, tortured with electric shock shock and suffocation.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Many marketers fear trying things that might alienate traditional customers, but the old fans of Hostess Twinkies were already leaving.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Even the process of courting Moscow would be damaging because any favor the United States shows Russia alienates Europe.—
MICHAEL McFAUL,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Aggrieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieve. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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