inflammatory
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“Because I think people have …” she pauses, “misspoken, and they have said very, very inflammatory things about that slogan, which has not helped the movement. Anything that might class as hate speech.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Swinney said some of the rhetoric on immigration had been "inflammatory" and backed calls for the UK government to allow asylum seekers to work.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
It reminded me of two similar films that deal in extremity and, on their face, look like inflammatory cinema until picked apart and examined more closely.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
To achieve this, scientists used JQ1, a small molecule inhibitor originally developed to study cancer and inflammatory diseases.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
He did not prohibit the publication of such inflammatory presses as the Observer.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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