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• v  irritate or vex

• But it's clear Obama chose a candidate that will arouse conservatives in opposition rather than one who will simply irk them, and this White House knew it.
• Tough-talking Bishop Joseph Zen, whose I-answer-to-a-higher-power attitude never fails to irk Beijing, met with the Liaison Office, the central government's main representative in .
• Nothing used to irk a Chinese yuppie more than hinting that his clothes looked like they were made in China.

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News & Articles

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• Edward Snowden, NSA Whistle-Blower, Wins Unusual Sympathizers in Latin America
  Ecuador is no human-rights darling. Left-wing President Rafael Correa has built a decidedly authoritarian reputation that includes a yen for prosecuting journalists who irk him. This week he won passage of a media bill that slashes the number of private outlets, greatly increases state-controlled broadcasting and makes Correa the nation’s de facto media censor.
  June 16, 2013 - Time.com via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John Howard in Sydney Morning Herald
  Banks do have social obligations (but) I'm not sure we have enough evidence to warrant an inquiry. We've had various inquiries into the financial system,Mr Howard said. "I know from time to time banks irk people, like all big financial...
• Tom Izzo in SportingNews.com
  The practice time will be good, but not getting to play again will probably irk me for five or six days,Izzo said.
• Geno Auriemma in Connecticut Post
  It doesn't irk me,Auriemma said. "With some people that's just their style. They're passive-aggressive. They always want to have somebody to blame for what's going on. There's a lot of things I know about a lot of people. That doesn't mean...