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What really seems to have annoyed District officials was what it was: a setting for drag balls that drew both Blacks and Whites.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

Owens was Black, and his stirring success at those Olympics was said to have annoyed Hitler by puncturing the Nazi myth of Aryan racial superiority.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

That would likely have annoyed the Alberses, according to Weber, who says they felt it was “glorified” as “some sort of paradise.”

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Another one of Corden's show segments, Crosswalk the Musical, was said to have annoyed commuters and social media users when he and fellow stars of last year's live-action Cinderella film performed numbers in the street.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022

I must have annoyed him with my question.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri