Rihanna wore ruffled feathers in this Elie Saab couture gown.
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What she heard suggested that 21 Savage had ruffled feathers.
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The comedians were shifted to a temporary table, which ruffled feathers.
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Even Grande's move into more adult subject matter hasn't ruffled feathers.
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She drew an owl, complete with ruffled feathers and alert eyes.
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It hasn't been very long since Duterte's last "joke" ruffled feathers overseas, either.
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Grenell, who took office just last month, has ruffled feathers in Germany before.
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Tired of smoothing your ruffled feathers in my presence because of your fear.
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But the YIMBY approach has ruffled feathers among long-time affordable housing advocates.
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But it looks like Trump's now making moves to smooth over any ruffled feathers.
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Low-pathogenic bird flu can cause coughing, ruffled feathers and other symptoms in poultry.
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It is the same milieu that she comes from, and she expects ruffled feathers.
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"She had to do a good job of smoothing over some ruffled feathers," Safran said.
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Plus, the Academy ruffled feathers in January with rumours of abandoning a longtime presenting tradition.
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Ms. Rice had ruffled feathers by modernizing a space that Globe hard-liners defend fiercely.
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Mr Schäfer subsequently ruffled feathers when he met a cultural attaché from Iran at the museum.
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But despite spending years at the State Department, Bolton has at times ruffled feathers in Washington.
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The Oscar winner recently ruffled feathers when she joked about sitting on sacred rocks in Hawaii.
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Air France-KLM ruffled feathers in France last year when it picked its first foreign CEO.
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Trump's tough trade tactics have ruffled feathers around the globe, but Burns said this case is different.
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The pancake chain ruffled feathers last month when it dropped the P for an unexplained lowercase b.
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Cheney ruffled feathers when she ran for the Senate in Wyoming in 2014 against incumbent Republican Sen.
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"There's never been a queen in the history of this world who hasn't ruffled feathers," she said.
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Their similar backgrounds and pedigrees could help the advisers smooth out the ruffled feathers between their bosses.
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Warren's plans targeting wealthy Americans have ruffled feathers in the most powerful corners of the financial world.
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Trump further ruffled feathers when he suggested that he might tear up the so-called "One China" policy.
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My ruffled feathers were quickly smoothed when the witches turned the man into a cat, which is tight.
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Britain's Brexit minister Stephen Barclay ruffled feathers last week in Brussels, telling EU negotiators the deal was "dead".
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But supporters of Rolet say that turning around the exchange in such a major way inevitably ruffled feathers.
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Mr. Trump ruffled feathers during South Korea's presidential campaign when he demanded that Seoul pay for the system.
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Though the bill ruffled feathers, it may well have been a valuable lesson in the need for coalition-building.
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While this was groundbreaking for Netflix, its growing influence in the media space ruffled feathers among the industry's titans.
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Reports that the word "God" could be dropped from the revised guidelines ruffled feathers when they emerged last year.
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On Tuesday, Barr ruffled feathers when she made racist comments about Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to president Obama.
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Uihlein ruffled feathers in rural Wisconsin, her husband immersed himself in hyperlocal politics touching on race and social issues.
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Bat flips and caps tilted to the side and even prematurely untucked jerseys have ruffled feathers over the years.
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Guo is known for being brash, and he ruffled feathers at the helm of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
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Damien Hirst ruffled feathers when he was nominated for a body of work that included embalmed animals in formaldehyde.
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Could this be an attempt—albeit a bizarro, kinda lackluster one—to win women over and smooth some ruffled feathers?
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Barclay ruffled feathers last week in Brussels, telling EU negotiators the deal agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was "dead".
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Zuckerberg ruffled feathers on buttoned-down Wall Street investors by wearing a hoodie during the company's IPO tour in 2012.
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The lawsuit is not the first time Trump has ruffled feathers promoting his White House run with a bald eagle.
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Her examination of Matt Lauer, whom the network fired in November after sexual misconduct allegations, ruffled feathers within the network.
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Meyer initially ruffled feathers in the Big Ten with recruiting tactics that, while not illicit, were aggressive by conference standards.
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In recent years, Mr. Lydon has ruffled feathers by suggesting that Donald Trump's presidency is the Sex Pistols of politics.
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But that deal's aggressive documentation has also ruffled feathers and European investors appear more comfortable with the Akzo carve-out.
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It's not the first time this year that Gabriel has ruffled feathers ahead of a high-profile business trip abroad.
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" Flynn ruffled feathers with divisive rhetoric on the campaign trail, such as a Twitter comment that "Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.
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The conversation, diverging from a "one China" policy observed for decades by past Republican and Democratic administrations, ruffled feathers in Beijing.
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It is not the first time this year that Gabriel has ruffled feathers ahead of a high-profile business trip abroad.
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs ruffled feathers when he excluded some of his own label's bands from the Bad Boy Reunion Tour.
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Flynn was ultimately proved right, as the rise of ISIS shows, but his lack of diplomacy and maverick behavior ruffled feathers.
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But our super-early-bird pricing disappears in a cloud of ruffled feathers on June 22019 at 11:59 p.m. (PT).
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Voronenkov was to testify against deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and had ruffled feathers in Russia for calling the Crimean annexation illegal.
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I was scared shitless to negotiate because I thought that if I ruffled feathers in any way, they'd pull the job offer.
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Moreover, her dogged coverage of the #MeToo movement (and especially fired Today anchor Matt Lauer's alleged sexual misconduct) reportedly ruffled feathers internally.
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But a heated exchange last month with Italian government officials over its ultrafast broadband rollout plans ruffled feathers at the French giant.
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Castello Branco already ruffled feathers at Petrobras in December by setting up an office before taking on his role officially, sources said.
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And the broadcasts of the Pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera, which Qatar funds, have long ruffled feathers across the Middle East.
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That also means coming to terms with the fact that there'll be ruffled feathers and anger and a tug-o'-war for power.
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She also ruffled feathers among House members whose caucus she hopes to join by suggesting that Crowley might try to undermine her chances.
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Grenell, a former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations and outspoken defender of Trump, has ruffled feathers since arriving in Germany in May.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Earlier this month, the toymaker Mattel released a Frida Kahlo Barbie that raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers.
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His performance allegedly ruffled feathers with the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, Paul Telegdy, according to an unnamed source who spoke to Page Six.
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The President said that and that it's important to finish the Democratic primary contest in a way that doesn't leave anyone with ruffled feathers.
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And although other NFL players, who are mostly black, have generally supported Mr Kaepernick's protest, it has ruffled feathers among some groups of fans.
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Trump, who has drawn support from some conservative European politicians, has already ruffled feathers in the UK with statements he's made during his campaign.
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The Workflow acquisition comes after Apple lost Mac automation expert Sal Soghoian in October, a departure that ruffled feathers in the software development community.
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That fight ruffled feathers within the GOP caucus over concerns about rejecting a nominee because of a position taken on behalf of a client.
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On a more granular level, a few senators have taken it upon themselves to smooth the ruffled feathers between Mr. Trump and foreign leaders.
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Ruffled feathers Gorsuch has not shied away from public events, even when one speech was scheduled - without his knowledge-- at the Trump International Hotel.
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This has ruffled feathers in Brussels, raising concerns about the balance between energy independence and climate targets creating new divisions within the European Union.
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Indeed, she has inserted herself into the afterlife of the architect and ruffled feathers in a place where Barragán is a revered as a hero.
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The first great Mongolian, Asashoryu, won 25 top-level tournaments, but ruffled feathers in Japan for behavior seen as not in keeping with sumo tradition.
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The Super Bowl LIII halftime show seems destined to draw criticism, but it's certainly not the first occasion that the big game has ruffled feathers.
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The G-7 comes on the heels of Trump's appearance at a NATO summit, where he ruffled feathers by scolding the alliance on defense spending.
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Brought in by Mr. Kim a little over a year ago, Mr. Romer ruffled feathers by criticizing the quality of the bank's voluminous economic reports.
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It marked Lee as an iconic talent of his generation, ruffled feathers with critics and white audiences, and jolted the consciousness of communities around the world.
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Trump's hardline comments during his immigration policy speech in Arizona — including saying he would begin deporting undocumented immigrants "within the hour" of becoming president — ruffled feathers.
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Zinke, set to be the latest administration departure, had ruffled feathers with some of his policies, including one that reduced the boundaries of two national monuments.
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Gillespie has ruffled feathers by taking a Trumpian stand against illegal immigrant gangs and trying to tie the murderous MS-13 gang to policies Northam supports.
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Ruffled feathers: The NFL fined the Seattle Seahawks $100,000 this week for failing to follow concussion protocol during a game last month against the Arizona Cardinals.
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That appointment ruffled feathers in Spain's traditionally macho society; what was more, Ms. Chacón had no previous experience with either the defense industry or the military.
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While it ruffled feathers on the Judiciary Committee and Schiff is a lightning rod for GOP criticism, he is the most gifted public prosecutor the Democrats have.
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Suffice it to say, an award nomination for a post-transphobic slur apology has certainly ruffled feathers, with many people wondering what the hell is going on.
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Also worth noting: There didn't seem to be any ruffled feathers over Jackson's recent comments about the casting of Black actors in Get Out, Williams' new film.
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Creel recently told analysts he is trying to heal "ruffled feathers" among his own employees, while meeting with existing and prospective customers in a bid to expand.
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Ocasio-Cortez herself has already thrown her support behind Pressley and endorsed other progressive primary candidates over Democratic incumbents, actions that have ruffled feathers in her party.
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Trump has ruffled feathers among European allies by repeatedly saying NATO nations need to pay more for their militaries and ease the burden on the United States.
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Copeland says that he wanted to smooth ruffled feathers and keep the production on track, so he agreed to meet with the student and his department chair.
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However, he ruffled feathers recently by declaring he wouldn't take pictures with fans anymore, as part of a newfound effort to create a zone of privacy around himself.
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The decision ruffled feathers for some theater operators, like AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas, which declined to show "Roma" in theaters after its best picture nomination in January.
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Sure, critics at the time had ruffled feathers over it, but it's safe to say that nearly everyone remembers the swan dress, so who has the last laugh?
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The incoming president's most pressing task will be to smooth ruffled feathers and ensure governors of national central banks feel that they are being both heard and heeded.
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Just days after Trump ruffled feathers by publicly saying South Korea would cough up $1 billion to fund the U.S. missile defense system, national security adviser Lt. Gen.
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The Scot has defended Kyrgios on a number of occasions when the younger player ruffled feathers with his on-court behavior and barbed criticism of his fellow professionals.
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Bannon's reluctance about a larger US military footprint in the Middle East was coupled with a dark view of Islam that at times ruffled feathers inside the Trump administration.
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The decision ruffled feathers for some theater operators, such as AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas, which declined to show "Roma" in theaters after its best picture nomination in January.
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Louis C.K. ruffled feathers with his last surprise set in NYC -- some audience members called his appearance an "ambush" -- but Sunday night the crowd showed him nothin' but love.
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Ms. McFarland was a member of the Trump transition team and then became Mr. Flynn's deputy on the National Security Council, where she ruffled feathers with her intense partisanship.
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Mr. Trump has once again ruffled feathers in Brussels and beyond, by suggesting that Russia be invited back into what used to be known as the Group of 8.
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The delay has created consternation and ruffled feathers in capitals abroad, so much so that some publications are now openly calling on the US Senate to confirm their ambassador.
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Mr. Trump has once again ruffled feathers in Brussels and beyond, by suggesting that Russia be invited back into what used to be known as the Group of 8.
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The parliament did, however, get its wish on Wednesday to choose its own preferred candidate as speaker for the next 2-1/2 years, something that may smooth ruffled feathers.
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Just days after President Donald Trump ruffled feathers by publicly saying South Korea would cough up $1 billion to fund the U.S. missile defense system, national security adviser Lt. Gen.
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He took to Twitter and Facebook in an attempt to communicate directly with the Russian people, an unorthodox approach that enjoyed, he claims, some success, but ruffled feathers in Moscow.
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Mr. Fuchs recalled in a phone interview that Mr. Biondi had not ruffled feathers and had not been a difficult outsize character, as many executives in the entertainment business were.
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Scott ruffled feathers in the county Democratic Party during his tough but ultimately unsuccessful 2015 bid for mayor of Columbus in 85033, while the county Democratic Party has backed O'Connor.
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While attending a synod in Rome in 1980, Archbishop Quinn ruffled feathers by informing the assembled bishops that the church would have to address resistance to its doctrines forbidding contraception.
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Comey, who ruffled feathers of both Republicans and Democrats throughout his tenure, has been the subject of public scrutiny for the past year, primarily over his handling of the Clinton probe.
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Even as they have ruffled feathers within the industry, Ms. Bresch and Mylan have earned measured praise from consumer advocates, who said she wielded her influence in ways that helped consumers.
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"He has a strong leadership style and little regard for corporate politics," one former Telefonica Brasil executive said, recalling how Genish's brash manner sometimes ruffled feathers and "created a stressful environment".
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Kennedy ruffled feathers earlier this week when she told Variety: We want to make sure that when we bring a female director in to do Star Wars, they're set up for success.
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Rodrigo Duterte, who ruffled feathers on the campaign trail with his fiery speeches, said Monday he would ask Congress to reintroduce executions for serious crimes such as drug trafficking, rape and murder.
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The performer was the sixth celebrity to be booted off the show that season, famously being fired by Trump instead of eccentric actor Gary Busey, who had ruffled feathers with his teammates.
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Golf's ruling bodies had seven years to smooth over the ruffled feathers of sponsors or tournament officials whose events could have been sacrificed this year for the greater good of the game.
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In June, Melania ruffled feathers once more when she visited McAllen, Texas, to visit migrant children who were separated from their parents as they were held at detention centers on the Mexico-U.
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He was criticized for relying on a handful of advisers, and his wife ruffled feathers inside Langley, reportedly spending significant amounts of time inside the CIA director's suite and helping manage his schedule.
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Washington denied entry to top officials of his government on corruption charges in 2014, and Orban ruffled feathers with attacks on the U.S.-chartered Central European University, an issue yet to be resolved.
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While it wasn't a surprise to see the vote turn in the favor of the Gen-X squad — too many ruffled feathers among the Millennials — it was a surprise to see Michelle go.
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These lawmakers have ruffled feathers in the past and some have a good political reason not to fear Trump: Paul, McCain, Murkowski and Rubio do not have to run for reelection until 2022.
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Study from Facebook will use standard Google-approved APIs and won't use a VPN, SSL bumping, root access, enterprise certificates or permission profiles you install on your device like the Research program that ruffled feathers.
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By fusing stiff, Victorian portraits with the feathers and faces of birds, Angelucci seeks to "embody many themes of the nineteenth century," and expose her ruffled feathers to the many problematic issues of the time.
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The story has ruffled feathers in the Netherlands, which holds local elections next week, and among the Eurosceptic British press, always ready to pounce on signs that the EU is a den of undemocratic crooks.
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Perhaps Mr Kelly will be able to smooth some ruffled feathers, but the chorus of complaints sounds less like bruised egos than long-standing private distaste for Mr Trump at last coming into the open.
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Even before her "Firing Line" comments, Ocasio-Cortez ruffled feathers when she suggested -- via Twitter -- that Crowley was planning to run as a third-party candidate in the fall in an attempt to beat her.
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The Sussexes ruffled feathers by opting out of a maternity-ward photo opportunity, customary for the last four decades, in which the royal parents emerge onto the hospital steps to face hundreds of waiting photographers.
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Orban has ruffled feathers in Europe and built a system his critics see as autocratic, affecting businesses, academia, the courts and the media, But he has rarely angered different domestic voter groups at the same time.
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SoftBank's Vision Fund over the last two months has been aggressively trying to poach rising-star venture capitalists, a flurry of attempts that has ruffled feathers among some of the people it is trying to recruit.
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West Ham United co-chairman Karen Brady ruffled feathers at the weekend, saying the Premier League, in which teams have either nine or 10 games still to play this season, should be declared null and void.
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Day 61 — March 21: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who's kept a low profile as the nation's chief diplomat, ruffled feathers in Europe after reports that he plans to skip his first NATO meeting in April.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's gripes about having to "subsidise" Europe is forcing it to contribute more, while French president Emmanuel Macron has ruffled feathers by calling NATO "brain dead" and suggesting a "strategic relationship" with Russia.
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The early days of the Trump administration have brought aggressive rhetoric and moves to crack down on immigration as well as roll back environmental regulations, much of which has ruffled feathers in the liberal northeast city.
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Wikileaks, once the darling of liberals everywhere and now the subject of wacko conspiracy theories about blackmail and flipped Kremlin assets, has once again ruffled feathers on Twitter by calling out some questionably-sourced reporting by NBC.
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But the painting along a wall in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Chippendale appears to have ruffled feathers all the way back to the U.S., according to the mural's artist, who completed it in early March.
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She ruffled feathers on Twitter when, while presenting the award for Best Kiss, she joked with her cast mate Lil Rel Howery about how to get back in the good graces of Black men after Get Out.
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But when Patch creative director Abel Lenz, who had apparently ruffled feathers with Armstrong in the past, per Business Insider, began photographing the meeting, to the ire of Armstrong, he unexpectedly became the first in the mass layoffs.
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British-born Westerman, seen at one time by some inside the HSBC as a future candidate to run the whole bank, ruffled feathers internally with the number of job cuts he made, sources at HSBC said last year.
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It also ruffled feathers with the bands it booked, particularly as the rise of "mall punk" and emo put bands like Good Charlotte, Blink-182, and My Chemical Romance alongside punk mainstays like Rancid, Pennywise, and Bad Religion.
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Right-wing strongman Orban's nationalist agenda has ruffled feathers around Europe but helped him score seven consecutive landslide election wins since 2010 at national, municipal and European parliament level - partly because the opposition has been plagued by infighting.
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Instagram's announcement that it would test hiding the number of "likes" on posts for some US users ruffled feathers earlier this month, with some celebrities and influencers threatening to leave the app over the disappearance of their like counts.
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Even so, Haley's rhetoric ruffled feathers and could have international consequences, they say, eroding her reputation at the UN, potentially undermining the US ability to build coalitions, and very likely dealing Trump an embarrassing blow on the global stage.
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He also ruffled feathers with members of the media, refusing to take journalists from the State Department press corps along on early foreign trips and avoiding interviews and press gaggles -- opportunities to clarify foreign policies to the American people.
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And the fact that Trump hasn't even launched his usual Twitter tirade about the sketch show, opting instead to avoid mentioning it publicly at all, might be a sign that his easily ruffled feathers got more ruffled than usual.
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Tillerson ruffled feathers across the region on the eve of his five-nation tour with comments in Texas defending 19th century U.S. foreign policy in Latin America and suggesting the Venezuelan army could manage "a peaceful transition" from Maduro.
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Her attempt to take on the brass and the bureaucrats by using outside experts, most notably appointing a management consultant to a senior job, ruffled feathers and prompted a still-ongoing parliamentary inquiry into the allocation of lucrative contracts to consultancies.
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The meeting did smooth some ruffled feathers: The all-Democratic CHC had requested a meeting with ICE earlier this year but ICE agreed to a smaller bipartisan meeting, and some CHC members were asked to leave when they showed up anyway.
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Ruling Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist agenda has ruffled feathers around Europe but helped him score seven consecutive landslide election wins since 2010 at the national, municipal and European parliament level - partly because the opposition has been plagued by infighting.
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Mr McCallum had ruffled feathers when he suggested that Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive of Huawei, a technology firm, might have strong grounds to challenge a request for her extradition from Canada to the United States to face fraud charges.
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The buyout initially ruffled feathers here, but the Milwaukee-based Miller won over all but the most purist drinkers by keeping production in this small town and retaining the Leinenkugel family to manage the brand — an unusual approach at the time.
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The move has already ruffled feathers with some in the Italian American community in Chicago, according to the newspaper, namely the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, which helps put together a Columbus Day parade in the city ever year.
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Iran, one of the seven countries affected, said in a statement that it will resort to "counteraction" Other controversial executive orders that have ruffled feathers include tightening security along the southern border to withdrawing from the U.S.-brokered Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
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Theresa May, who succeeded David Cameron as Prime Minister in July after he resigned following the surprise vote by the U.K. to leave the European Union, wrote to China's President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang this week to smooth ruffled feathers.
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The party's performance was so poor that the White House was reportedly planning to replace Wasserman Schultz, according to Politico, which said she apparently also ruffled feathers by using the party's travel budget and fundraising appeals to enhance her own political prospects.
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With both scandals still fresh in the public's collective memory — and the source of an endless font of Internet ridicule — CNBC spoke with several crisis communicators to see what United and Pepsi could do to smooth the ruffled feathers of outraged consumers.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Patrick Reed's fiery, competitive spirit has ruffled feathers in the past but the golfer nicknamed 'Captain America' says he has no plans to dial down the intensity when he tees off for the United States at next month's Presidents Cup.
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After the dismal showing in Thuringia, where the CDU lost 11.7%, the party's local leader Mike Mohring ruffled feathers in Berlin by indicating he may be willing to work with the Left party, seen by some as successors of East German Communists.
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PD leader Matteo Renzi ruffled feathers in Brussels this week by proposing that Italy should actually raise its deficit to 2.9 percent of GDP and hold it at that level for five years, to allow for tax cuts to try to boost growth.
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Just last month, Trump majorly ruffled feathers with the large Asian power, when he tweeted a string of posts aggressively criticising China's monetary policy, as well as its territorial stance in the South China Sea — a touchy topic for China and its Southeast Asian neighbours.
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The famed Mangueira samba school, a type of performing troupe that spend months preparing elaborate parades for Carnival, has already ruffled feathers with plans to march through Rio de Janeiro's legendary Sambodromo on Sunday night with a performance expected to take jabs at police violence.
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After President Donald Trump ruffled feathers on his trip to Paris by opting out of a visit to a military cemetery because of rainfall, he again raised eyebrows by arriving separately from other leaders at an event honoring the anniversary of the World War I armistice.
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One is a large holding built up by a former Swiss ambassador to Beijing, Uli Sigg; the second was accumulated by a mainland businessman, Guan Yi. The decision to award the 38 pieces to Hong Kong rather than to a mainland museum ruffled feathers in Beijing.
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The brilliance and simplicity of the colors used in "Indian Roller on Sandalwood Branch" (1779), for example, is juxtaposed with the detail of the ruffled feathers on the preening bird's curved neck and the marine blue of its upper wings scumbled to the teal of its middle.
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She hooked up with Nick in front of everyone, constantly butted in on the other women's time, got topless in the pool with Nick, slept through a rose ceremony, failed to understand the strangeness of having an adult nanny, and generally ruffled feathers with half of her fellow contestants.
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The layoffs ruffled feathers among media watchers when employees working outside of California were not offered payouts for their accrued paid time off, a decision that was eventually reversed after BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti met with staff council and was called out on the publisher's own streaming show, AM2DM.
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But that strategy — one that has ruffled feathers with both totalitarian governments and democratic countries — also means that it's difficult, if not impossible, to throttle social media posts from individuals, as well as politicians like Donald Trump, when they're promoting false claims and outlandish views on COVID-19.
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Trump's immigration and refugee ban has ruffled feathers with a number of Muslim-majority countries affected by the order, which is currently tied up in court, including Iraq— a close ally in the fight against IS. Trump has promised to issue a revised order, possibly as soon as next week.
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In an era where the population voted to leave the European Union after an unapologetically xenophobic campaign, it's not surprising that a U.S.-based company creating jobs for immigrant workers has ruffled feathers, but TfL's response is simply plastering over the issue, without considering the wide-reaching impact of such regulation.
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Trump may have ruffled feathers again when he said just before departing for Europe that the UK was in "turmoil," suggesting it was "up to the people" to decide if Prime Minister Theresa May remains in power after a few days that saw her authority challenged by the resignation of two prominent Cabinet ministers protesting her Brexit policy.
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A Michigan native who ruffled feathers in Germany with his criticism of Berlin's defense spending and comments about "empowering" right-wing parties in Europe, Grenell had previously been the longest-serving US spokesman at the UN. Part of his tenure was spent working with Trump's national security adviser John Bolton, who served as President George W. Bush's ambassador to the UN. And in his time as Trump's representative to Germany, Grenell has established himself as a fierce and vocal defender of the President and his policies.
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