arouse
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Walker also appeared to arouse the froideur of French Gates, who was the foundation’s co-chair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
“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
After his release in February 2023, the director began formulating a plan to shoot “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in a clandestine fashion, with a small crew, so as not to arouse suspicion.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
“That’s a discipline that must arouse the interest of kings, politicians, men of business.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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“This is an issue that arouses real passion,” said Rep. Seth Magaziner, a half-Jewish Rhode Island congressman navigating the same post-Oct. 7th currents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
To his critics and opponents, he is dangerous egotist, someone who arouses division.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
If the jury finds that Colie was responding to a provocation that reasonably arouses fear or anger, then there is no malice under the law.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Observing, handling and smelling real dried mealworms reduces their disgust and arouses their curiosity.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
“Here it is. It says, ‘a marvel; that which arouses awe, astonishment, surprise, or admiration.’”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Because of the suspicions aroused by the complaints, she said, she lost a job.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
What angered Scots-Irish Americans most was elite condescension, which aroused the populist uprising that put Jackson in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
After charming his way into the house of a couple who believed his tale and gave him thousands of euros, he eventually aroused their suspicions.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Yet Hansen has since aroused controversy, such as when he argued in 2000 that non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases like methane play a large role in climate change.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
He did not entertain the crosscurrents of conflicting emotions that were often aroused in others upon sighting “the enemy.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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What is certain is that “Now I Surrender” stubbornly fights against the kind of engagement its author is preternaturally good at arousing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
"The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, arousing fierce divisions, intensifying rifts."
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
Their only sin, as things stand, is arousing disgust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
He drew inspiration from works at Kirkcaldy Galleries, studying paintings from artists such as Samuel Peploe and William McTaggart so intently that he feared arousing the suspicions of gallery staff.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
But how could you talk to Bloom without arousing his suspicion and drawing a surefire story that might appear somewhere sometime?
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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