Enough to indicate that lines have been wrongly crossed without provoking worse, enough to irritate, without infuriating, Russia.
Still the news coverage is starting to irritate the Clinton team just a bit.
Do you like to participate in a hotel's sustainable programs, or do they irritate you?
Such stealth subsidies are unlikely to irritate voters, impatient with traffic jams and cancelled flights.
So does the president want to irritate them and cause the talks to collapse?
In their current mood, however, ministers are scared of doing anything to irritate motorists further.
These particles irritate the artery, making it inflamed and eventually causing the plaque to break apart.
Royal attempts at reform in the late 18th century had done little but irritate colonial elites.
Such extraordinary measures would almost inevitably lead to a weaker yen, which would irritate Japan's trading partners.
Either you'll scream at jokes like that, or they'll quickly irritate you the way they did me.
However, NSAIDs can irritate the stomach lining, and cause ulceration which can lead to bleeding and infections.
Moreover, as UC Riverside's Perry Link notes, we need to reflect on why human rights criticisms irritate autocrats.
Ozone aggravates asthma and can irritate anyone's upper respiratory system, especially when it interacts with common household cleaners.
There are hundreds of ways to irritate the customer, patient, client, or guest.
The new party has one more trick with which to irritate the establishment.
Allergies to pollen, furry or feathery animals or house-dust mite, can be triggers for asthma, because they irritate the airways.
Most manage to irritate their daughters-in-law by spoiling their sons and then expecting the younger woman to do the same.
Deprived of the enemies it has evolved to cope with, it responds to stimuli that would not normally irritate it.
They can irritate the eyes, skin and respiratory system and cause vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, convulsions and permanent damage to internal organs.
But her refusal to say whether she felt the system needed completely rethinking or just "tidying up" appeared to irritate the committee.
Rather, it is a blend that's sure to please few, irritate some, and land flaccidly in the middle of modern-day musical relevance.
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AMTRAK, America's government-backed passenger railway, can ill-afford to irritate its customers.
As proof that its nonalcohol sanitizer doesn't dry or irritate the skin, SafeHands points to a company-funded study performed at California State University, Fresno.
"I will allow free discussion until you irritate me, " he says.
Generally the answer to the question is no, and is a means for the writer to grab the reader's attention and then proceed to irritate them.
Martin Winter, in Sueddeutsche Zeitung , warns that as much as Mr Cameron's ideas may irritate pro-EU politicians, it would be a mistake just to dismiss them.
Because the stomach contents tend to be acidic, they irritate the lining of the oesophagus - a phenomenon which has been linked to the development of cancer.
Misaligned teeth or poorly fitting crowns, bridges or other dental restorations may irritate your gums and also make it harder to remove plaque during your daily home care.
The fundamental issue I have with most of these tactics (and they are tactics, not strategies) is that they tend to irritate consumers and at times insult their intelligence.
Yup, each week we -- like agonizingly annoying hair shirts -- irritate you about your myriad faults, making you feel horrible and defensively indignant about your many online transgressions.
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