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arouse

[uh-rauz] / əˈraʊz /


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Walker also appeared to arouse the froideur of French Gates, who was the foundation’s co-chair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Depositing the money all at once would probably arouse less suspicion with the bank than making a continuing series of deposits just under $10,000,” says Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

Ethan must hide his intentions so as to not arouse suspicion, but his behavior is highly irregular, and folks who know him notice.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

The three were charged with carrying or displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they were supporters of banned organisation Hamas.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024

His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

Instead he creates drama or a crisis, arouses a counterforce, attacks this new enemy, experiences fear—will my luck hold?—defeats the new enemy, feels relief, relaxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

To his critics and opponents, he is dangerous egotist, someone who arouses division.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

He cited Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s description of justice “as the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations while injustice arouses the weakest.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

We had been prepared, in some preshow remarks, for “optional audience participation,” a prospect that usually arouses anxiety.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

The author then must furiously try to minimize what she has been saying, which only arouses the reader’s suspicions.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Because of the suspicions aroused by the complaints, she said, she lost a job.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

What angered Scots-Irish Americans most was elite condescension, which aroused the populist uprising that put Jackson in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Stephen's reactions may not have aroused suspicion, but Hugo's did.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

Yet Hansen has since aroused controversy, such as when he argued in 2000 that non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases like methane play a large role in climate change.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

It equally aroused the curiosity of the Negroes.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

The surreal prospect of U.S. and European allies shooting at each other on Greenland sent stock and bond markets sliding, arousing fears that European investors in U.S. government debt could back away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

"The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, arousing fierce divisions, intensifying rifts," the premier said in a video statement, referring to the split between his supporters and opponents.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

Their only sin, as things stand, is arousing disgust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025

When you’re a teenager, everything is inspiring, arousing, heartbreaking and hilarious.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

But how could you talk to Bloom without arousing his suspicion and drawing a surefire story that might appear somewhere sometime?

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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