sown

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In such an environment, the pause in Chinese flights has sown anxiety simply because it is hard to figure out what is behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

This time the divisions were sown by hate speech reforms introduced by the centre-left Labor government after the Bondi Beach attack.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Yet so much of the media coverage around Kennedy, especially lately, has focused more on his personality and lurid life history rather than the chaos and destruction he has sown.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

The spread to Chile of organized crime gangs originating in Venezuela, Peru and other countries has sown terror among the population, causing a lurch to the right.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

Thus the seeds of states’ rights were sown in the hearts of Jean Louise’s generation.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee