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He said the visa restrictions would target those who promote "race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation in South Africa."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

She said it was infuriating that those opposed to rodeos would try to incite fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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

A U.A.E. official said disseminating inaccurate information can incite panic and cost lives in times of crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

We children tiptoed around them or else played in the farthest reaches of the yard, our voices dulled lest they incite our parents.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

"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

She never incited anger; she simply pointed out the facts as she saw them and let human nature take its course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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

Perhaps he was afraid he would be held responsible for her escape, afraid the master would think John had incited her to run away.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

He faces a possible death penalty if convicted of treason for allegedly inciting the public to boycott elections last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Acme conspicuously sets the plot’s inciting events in 1992—the same year Warner Bros. officially merged its entertainment operations with those of Time Inc., making for one of the largest media houses in the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Some origin stories present trauma as an inciting moment that changes everything.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

A Hong Kong court convicted activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan of inciting subversion under the territory’s national security law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

She didn’t want to risk waking the old woman fully and inciting her anger, but Ophie desperately needed to know more about Clara, and this might be her only opportunity.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland