And if there is one thing that rankles a grammarian more than any other linguistic slight, it's a sneaky Americanism jellying up the jam of our good and proper Australian English.

Source: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8274467/clear-as-math-what-counts-as-proper-australian-english/?src=rss

Even the color palette of his film rankles.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/boston-strangler-review

“I’m sure it rankles that he went back on that.

Source: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/soccer/epl/harry-kane-urged-join-manchester-united-breaking-saturday-11-march-2023/

It still rankles with Davies, now 38 and playing for League One Cheltenham Town, to this very day.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wayne-rooney-makes-romelle-donovan-27954384

Yet the thought of all the effort and money expended just to keep him locked up and out of the public consciousness still rankles.

Source: https://www.sconeadvocate.com.au/story/8339557/hell-on-earth-not-enough-for-our-worst-offenders/?src=rss