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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

He stopped for an instant in front of the chestnut tree and once again he saw that the empty space before him did not arouse an affection either.

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




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