arouse
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In 1909, the Automobile Club of America staged a cross-country auto race to arouse popular interest in what was still a mode of transportation mostly for the affluent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“Depositing the money all at once would probably arouse less suspicion with the bank than making a continuing series of deposits just under $10,000,” says Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 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
A trial at City of London Magistrates' Court found him guilty of displaying the sign in such a way as to arouse reasonable suspicion he was a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
While she napped, we would creep past her bed, afraid to arouse the slumbering master.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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