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On Thursday the pro-EU president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, accused the Kremlin of "pouring hundreds of millions of euros" into Moldova in an attempt to instigate violence and spread fear.

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Please instigate a “no call zone” that covers the Dodger bullpen.

Here is a president who dealt with electoral loss by claiming fraud and by instigating his military and civilian supporters to violence, and who has been held decisively to account.

Its democracy is young – it was only restored in 1985 after two decades of a dictatorship, instigated by a military coup, backed by the US.

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Last year, an independent arbitration panel found against aspects of the league's APT regulations after a lawsuit instigated by the club.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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