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Police robots, for example, have occasionally stirred up fears about surveillance and the potential for lethal force.

During the early stages of cosmic history, intense star formation and gravitational forces stirred the gas so violently that many galaxies struggled to settle into steady rotation.

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No stirring during the break after the first movement as members of the local New National Theatre Chorus walked on stage with the ceremonial slow gliding movements of acolytes in a temple.

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In some other places, Mamdani stirs anguish—as within the neoclassical building on the corner of Garfield Place and Eight Avenue.

What remains of the foundation of Campo de Cahuenga in Studio City was one of several locations that “stirred my emotions,” Meals writes in “Walking the Line.”

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