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• v  cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• v  make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

• Under normal circumstances, it takes a case of national importance to rile the Supreme Court during its summer recess.
• It may surprise and rile many Israelis, then, that their government is trying to protect its citizens from war crimes charges that could be filed in foreign courts over the .
• Russia has a European strategy, but Europe does not have one for Russia unless you want to call "Let's not rile the Bear" a strategy.

• annoy
• rag
• get to
• bother
• get at
• irritate
• nark
• nettle
• gravel
• vex
• chafe
• devil
• roil

News & Articles

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• Chris Mannix: Supporting cast moves Spurs into control of Finals
  The Spurs' rile players get hot from the three-point arc to lead San Antonio over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
  June 12, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Supporting cast moves Spurs into control of Finals
  The Spurs' rile players get hot from the three-point arc to lead San Antonio over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
  June 12, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Johnson dominates Pocono for third 2013 victory
  It's not a good idea to rile up Jimmie Johnson. A week after a penalty for jumping the final restart at Dover knocked Johnson out of a near-certain victory, Johnson absolutely scorched the field in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Party in the Poconos 400, beating Greg Biffle to the finish line by 1.208 seconds.
  June 10, 2013 - Leesville Daily Leader

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  Obama told Ohio voters Friday: "It's not hard to rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division."
• Doc Rivers in The Canadian Press
  Definitely that's one, but you also know it's a Game 5 and it's 2-2. I don't think there's anything either one of us can say that is going to rile us up any more than being in a Game 5 in the finals tied 2-2,Rivers said. "But, yeah, Kobe...
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka in The Associated Press
  They will be trying everything to rile us,Japan defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka said. "They are smart. Against New Zealand they were not taking risks and were just waiting to pounce on mistakes."