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IPO mania has begun, and nothing kickstarts initial public offerings like spreadsheets flashing green to incite the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

And in a brief explosive moment of recognition between their characters, Lane and Abbott incite the Winter Garden Theatre audience into a paroxysm of grief.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

The opportunity to actually engage with the multitude of conditions that may incite that violence feels unique and desperately needed.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

"Disseminating such materials or inaccurate information can incite public panic and create a false impression of the country's actual situation," Shamsi said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

I have thought that my family, having settled among immigrants who had also been their neighbors in the ancestral land, needed to clean their name, and a wrong word would incite the kinspeople even here.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

"Real Madrid condemns this type of gesture and expression that incites violence and hatred in sports and society."

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

In Eugene: John Belushi’s character Bluto incites the famous “Animal House” food fight at the Erb Memorial Union cafeteria at the University of Oregon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

While the fruit incites revulsion at first, it eventually becomes an object of affection among the family portrayed in the film.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024

Throughout the show, we watch a young man contend with rice as if it really is a rare metal, one that first brings great prosperity but soon incites competition and greed.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

I can see how our words are like fuel that incites him further.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

While this push to redirect the country’s scientific research has incited alarm, reactions to interventions in the historical humanities have been more muted.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Speaking after the game, Benfica boss Jose Mourinho said the player had acted disrespectfully and incited the crowd.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

The man in the tub is the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist and physician who had incited a series of judicial massacres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

“Oh, I just thought you might . . . know. . . . Maybe ... I wondered what incited it.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

The inciting accident itself closely mirrors the Chappaquiddick incident.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The families of Stephen Oglivie and Henry Nowak have been resolute in demanding that these horrific attacks not be leveraged for inciting disorder—or for terrorizing the U.K.’s many immigrants.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

Jonathan’s curiosity is piqued, and he slips away from his wife’s side to get to the bottom of why they’re being followed — which is revealed to be the novel’s inciting incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Dong was eventually jailed for "inciting subversion" and "crossing the national border illegally".

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

“Will you kindly leave? You are inciting my mother.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole