incite

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

She said it was infuriating that those opposed to rodeos would try to incite fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The opportunity to actually engage with the multitude of conditions that may incite that violence feels unique and desperately needed.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 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

Their younger brother, Tillotson, meanwhile, incites mayhem among local churchgoers by impersonating an angel, much to his sisters’ dismay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

Last month, policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said tech firms "have an obligation now" to tackle material that incites violence.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024

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 publicly backing his player Prestianni, Mourinho suggested Vinicius had incited tensions through his celebration in front of the home support.

From BBC ● May 30, 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

Their passion incited a change of the film’s ending, and in turn, one of the all-time great professions of love ever captured on film — a change of fate, right at the stroke of midnight.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

Louisa laughed and teased and goaded like a goblin; and what was worse, she told the other children, and incited them to "baa" quietly whenever Tristran walked past.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Representatives of Meta Platforms, TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms met government officials this week and agreed to speed up the handling of reports of content inciting violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Acme conspicuously sets the plot’s inciting actions in 1992—the same year Warner Bros. officially merged its entertainment operations with those of Time Inc., making for one of the largest media houses in the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

The authorities had deployed security forces across major cities in the East African nation on 7 July and warned that they would act against anyone accused of inciting unrest.

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

“Will you kindly leave? You are inciting my mother.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole