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The 36-year-old was told not to post or incite comments on social media about that case or Miss Harrison, but did so multiple times in 2025 while she was pregnant.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

And in a brief explosive moment of recognition between their characters, Lane and Abbott incite the Winter Garden Theatre audience into a paroxysm of grief.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

They incite disputes because we live in a world that rewards arguing with undue power.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

"Disseminating such materials or inaccurate information can incite public panic and create a false impression of the country's actual situation," Shamsi said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

I had found all sorts of ways to incite a quarrel between Phil and Gay, which gave me a perverse satisfaction—until Phil lost his usual cool and stormed out to his workshop.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

The text of the newly proposed Bill C-34 lists seven categories of "harmful content", which includes material bullying a child, or that foments hatred, or incites violence.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

"Real Madrid condemns this type of gesture and expression that incites violence and hatred in sports and society."

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

In Eugene: John Belushi’s character Bluto incites the famous “Animal House” food fight at the Erb Memorial Union cafeteria at the University of Oregon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

While the fruit incites revulsion at first, it eventually becomes an object of affection among the family portrayed in the film.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024

Usually, he ends up by discussing something far afield, an act which incites skepticism and suspicion in those anxious for a straight-out explanation.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

While this push to redirect the country’s scientific research has incited alarm, reactions to interventions in the historical humanities have been more muted.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Speaking after the game, Benfica boss Jose Mourinho said the player had acted disrespectfully and incited the crowd.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

The man in the tub is the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist and physician who had incited a series of judicial massacres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

I no longer had the kind of ugly face that incited horror or pity, but now I was made unremarkable by my passing good looks.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

When that will happen remains to be seen, but Langione said recent factors, including public market interest in the technology and a hangover from their lack of AI readiness, are inciting enterprise investments this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A Tanzanian university lecturer who was arrested earlier this month over allegations of inciting anti-government protests has now been charged with terrorism.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

A brilliant cameo from Aniston promoting her new cookbook, with such adventurous epicurean dishes as “boiled hot dogs and peas,” serves as the film’s inciting event.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

The families of Stephen Oglivie and Henry Nowak have been resolute in demanding that these horrific attacks not be leveraged for inciting disorder—or for terrorizing the U.K.’s many immigrants.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

“Is it just that Jeanine finally finished planning it, and acted, or was there an inciting incident of some kind?”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth