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arouse

[uh-rouz] / əˈraʊz /


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"When you see a student who clearly struggled with the language and they submit an essay which William Shakespeare would have been proud of, then immediately that's going to arouse suspicion."

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

Some lawyers who have worked on crypto-treasury deals say information leaks can not only arouse insider trading suspicions but also actually be harmful for pricing transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 25, 2025

“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

Hwang uses it to fill time and arouse suspicion, but there is little narrative heft from this plotline until the finale.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2024

There was no personality, no ego— nothing to arouse either like or dislike.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

“This is an issue that arouses real passion,” said Rep. Seth Magaziner, a half-Jewish Rhode Island congressman navigating the same post-Oct. 7th currents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

So when a Prague landmark is slated for demolition or reconstruction, it invariably arouses strong passions.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2025

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

My voice took on the strident tone of virtuous outrage which automatically arouses suspicion.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Crans-Montana, too, has aroused that same angry feeling of trust betrayed.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

I recall the intense inner excitement aroused in my heart by Alla Nazimova’s enactment of Mrs. Alving in a performance of Ibsen’s “Ghosts” in the 1930s.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

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

Long past the hour of Compline, the last prayers of the night, a sound aroused me to a confused state of wakefulness.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

What is certain is that “Now I Surrender” stubbornly fights against the kind of engagement its author is preternaturally good at arousing.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 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

"They provide heads of state and government with a good excuse to break existing schedules for urgent discussions on current problems without arousing public expectations," he wrote in his book, Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

Dozens of strangers came through Macondo every day without arousing suspicion or secret ideas.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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