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The U.A.E. has chafed for years at OPEC’s per-country production quotas that are intended to limit global supply and push up oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

That assertion, combined with the fact that Ramsey is free-diving among sharks at all, is what has chafed her detractors.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

DirecTV has chafed over Disney’s shift to streaming.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Mr. Ateba, who has chafed both the administration and the White House Correspondents’ Association with his frequent outbursts in the briefing room, began talking over other reporters asking questions.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2023

I perceive that the sails are all tinged with a reddish colour; and wherever a rope has chafed upon them, they appear almost as if iron-moulded.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria