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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
roil .
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Having fallen behind in funding its state pensions, Illinois is seeking to raise $3.7 billion through a bond issue this week, as the debate over government budget shortfalls roils state capitols.
Illinois seeks to borrow $3.7 billion to shore up pension shortfall 2011
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With wishes that loom before the unforgettable characters like Oz's Emerald City, this comedy rollicks and roils.
James Scarborough: The Sugar Bean Sisters, Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro, CA James Scarborough 2011
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With wishes that loom before the unforgettable characters like Oz's Emerald City, this comedy rollicks and roils.
James Scarborough: The Sugar Bean Sisters, Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro, CA James Scarborough 2011
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The language of West Virginia roils in conflict with itself, setting off sparks of energy.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Looking back at the not-too-distant past, I recollect how much we dragged our own kid over a lot of states – mouth spread like a bull-horn and cemented in her car-seat by raisins, mushy animal crackers, and cookie crumbs – and I have to smile through the apprehension that still roils my stomach every August.
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But they only go so far — most of this is going to happen under the surface, in the organic, emergent fog that roils beneath the parts of our professional culture that we can see and rationalize about.
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Having fallen behind in funding its state pensions, Illinois is seeking to raise $3.7 billion through a bond issue this week, as the debate over government budget shortfalls roils state capitols.
Illinois seeks to borrow $3.7 billion to shore up pension shortfall 2011
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Failure to halt the crisis could lead, in the worst case, to an Italian debt default that cripples Europe's banks, plunges the region into a slump and roils the global financial system.
Exit From Italian Debt Spurs Fears Marcus Walker 2011
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Who are the pop stars who have sung for the Gaddafis, how much did they get paid, and - as revolution roils Libya - are they keeping the money?
Beyonce and Mariah Carey sang for the Gaddafis. Now they're changing their tune. 2011
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