Example Sentences

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The demolition comes as unrest has been roiling the region for months.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

For many here, the crisis has been roiling for months.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

The company has been roiling from a massive investigation into its toxic workplace that resulted in the review of hundreds of cases of inappropriate behavior and 20 terminations.

From The Verge • Jun. 28, 2017

“It” is #nomakeup — a meme, a movement, a cri de coeur — that has been roiling social media for months.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2016

Since then, the Internet has been roiling with efforts to define “likability,” a quality seemingly bound up in friendship.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2014