incite
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The 36-year-old was told not to post or incite comments on social media about that case or Miss Harrison, but did so multiple times in 2025 while she was pregnant.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
She said it was infuriating that those opposed to rodeos would try to incite fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Prosecutors alleged Left used his reputation and social media to incite small price moves for quick profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
Quickly, the SCLC’s Executive Director Reverend Andrew Young and Reverend James Bevel met with Malcolm X, urging him not to incite any incidents and cautioning him that his presence could cause violence.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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"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
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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
Kaufman wrote that the dare incited “hateful, offensive, and dangerous acts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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
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Officially they were convicted under the national-security law for inciting subversion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Acme conspicuously sets the plot’s inciting actions 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
In a separate case, Chow was arrested in June 2021 for "inciting" the public to take part in that year's vigil and later found guilty.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The inciting conflict simmered for decades, starting in the late 14th century, before erupting into a series of civil wars lasting more than 30 years.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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