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arouse

[uh-rouz] / əˈraʊz /


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They may arouse the ire of politicians and the public, but they also do much that is useful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Hwang uses it to fill time and arouse suspicion, but there is little narrative heft from this plotline until the finale.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Mr Foord, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, had said the links "serve to arouse suspicion and undermine trust".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

The number suggests that the fraudster found a way to generate listens for the song, but not at numbers that would arouse suspicion.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Zeus had made him keeper of the Winds, to still them or arouse them at his will.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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