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• v  be agitated
• v  make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
• s  aroused to impatience or anger
  roiled by the delay
• s  (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

• Bombings in Bangkok cap an unhappy year for the Land of Smiles, which has been roiled by a coup, economic-policy miscues and an ongoing Muslim insurgency.
• Armed battles between pro- and anti-Maoist factions roiled the streets of Canton.
• But despite a long-standing reputation for operating above politics, the agency for the past several years has been roiled with problems of a political nature: advisory committees .

• churn
• boil
• moil
• roil
• rile
• annoyed
• irritated
• miffed
• nettled
• peeved
• pissed
• pissed off
• riled
• steamed
• stung
• churning
• roiling
• roily
• turbulent

News & Articles

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• Markets roiled by Bernanke's exit strategy
  Financial markets were roiled Thursday by a clear signal from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus program by next year. While stocks ...
  June 20, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Markets roiled as Bernanke outlines exit strategy; stocks, oil, gold slide but dollar surges
  LONDON — Markets were roiled Thursday by a suggestion from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus next year. While stocks and commodities took a pounding on the news, the dollar surged.
  June 20, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Markets roiled by prospect of Federal Reserve bond stimulus exit
  Markets roiled by prospect of Federal Reserve bond stimulus exit by Steve Rothwell The Associated Press Published Jun 20, 2013 08:33AM MDT NEW YORK • Financial markets are sliding after the Federal Reserve said it could end its huge bond-buying program by the middle of next year. U.S. stocks fell sharply in midday trading and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to the highest point since ...
  June 20, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Quotes

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• Jeffrey Lacker in Wall Street Journal Blogs (blog)
  Shifts in expectations regarding official intervention may have added volatility to financial asset markets that were already roiled by an increasingly uncertain growth outlook,Mr. Lacker said at a conference at Hebrew University of...
• Ben Bernanke in Telegraph.co.uk
  US financial markets have been roiled in recent weeks by these developments, which have triggered a reduction in demand for risky assets,said Mr Bernanke, referring to the concern felt in the market about the financial fates of Greece, Spain...
• Robert Zoellick in Forbes
  Zoellick said he will seek to "calm the waters in the institution that have been roiled" during the scandal so the bank's staff can focus on tackling poverty and corruption in the developing world.