arouse

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Some lawyers who have worked on crypto-treasury deals say information leaks can not only arouse insider trading suspicions but also actually be harmful for pricing transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 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

After his release in February 2023, the director began formulating a plan to shoot “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in a clandestine fashion, with a small crew, so as not to arouse suspicion.

From New York Times • May 25, 2024

But he questioned the "philosophy of leadership" of Chief Justice Martha Koome, who requested the meeting, adding that this was bound to arouse suspicion.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024

Polyneices took refuge in Argos and did all he could to arouse enmity against Thebes.

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