unable to stay still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control (usually happening because of impatience, boredom or some sort of dissatisfaction) alternative definition exclusively when describing a horse: refusing to advance; stubornly standing still; moving backwards or sideways
Clément Plaisant
@cplaisant.bsky.social
Great article by Amberin Zaman: "Turkey’s equally big fear is that a dissolution of central authority would encourage Iran’s restive ethnic minorities, notably the Kurds, the Baloch and the Azeris, to break away"
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/01/why-iran-regimes-potential-collapse-spells-more-risk-benefit-turkey?gift_code=yBLGMfflZyiKuncVYHnGpICNKZI
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The Mad Sonneteer
@themadsonneteer.bsky.social
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” - #MaryOliver (died: 17 January 2019)
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PBS News
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President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela will pose a fresh test of his ability to hold together a restive Republican coalition during a challenging election year that could be defined by domestic concerns like health care and affordability. https://to.pbs.org/4aGX2vr
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