stir
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Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the summer of 1954, the house band, Buzz Busby and the Bayou Boys, began to cause a stir, drawing a steady stream of patrons who came to listen to the music instead of brawl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As he approached, Trujillo accidentally kicked over a glass of water on the marble floor, but Franco and his wife didn’t stir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, olive oil, Pecorino and black pepper.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Monkeys don’t stir around at night. They go to sleep. Then in the morning you’d have to be there before they wake up. That way they wouldn’t know what went on.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Being put on a PIP by someone who used to be your equal probably stirs up feelings of inadequacy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A pair of heartwarming World Cup reflections: Soccer stirs up all sorts of emotions for fans.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The sight of the distinctive, chalet-like buildings still stirs warm feelings among older visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Something stirs in the woods behind the house.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death on Saturday stirred up a mess of feelings.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
For Patricia, the knowledge that the men who killed her cousin have finally faced justice stirred an overwhelming thought.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was originally not called a foul, and a still image of Thomas’ hand in Clark’s throat went viral on social media and stirred up discourse among those in and out of the basketball world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
And in 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief war as sentiments were stirred up by a World Cup qualifying match.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
She rotated the bowl with her left hand and stirred with her right, reaching down to the bottom of the bowl, her fingers massaging the water in.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
At Mars, the solar wind appears to produce a similar effect by "stirring" the outer boundary of the upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"It'd all go to waste otherwise," he told AFP, while stirring a metre-radius metal pan perched atop a gas burner filled with ratatouille.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick’s stirring opening essay is definitely worth a read.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Kim Clijsters is probably the most stirring recent one, returning after motherhood and a two-year layoff and winning back-to-back U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
No bubbling stream was stirring it into life and keeping it topped up to the brim.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Vocabulary lists containing stir
"Amigo Brothers" and "Lean on Me"
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"A Raisin in the Sun," "My Father is a Simple Man," and "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
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