stirred
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Barnes & Noble was turning a page on the chain’s history of declining sales, but recent comments have stirred bad blood for the bookseller.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Widely known as the "ISIS brides", the case has stirred strong feelings in Australia.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
This usually happens by breathing in the virus, for example when rodent urine and droppings that contain hantavirus are stirred up into the air.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The threat that artificial intelligence tools will fuel a software apocalypse has rattled stocks, triggered record withdrawals from private-debt funds and stirred fears of a new type of credit crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The House had then decided never again to allow itself to become inflamed by the mere rant and rhapsody of a meddling fanatic” and had argued “that the subject would never be stirred again.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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