sparked
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Recent footage of young women swearing during a protest in India has sparked an unusual debate: are expletives worse when they come from women?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Curtis had worked with the Riverside County citizens group whose fraud allegations sparked Bianco’s investigation, even traveling 600 miles south to speak on their behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The plans have sparked local divisions, with some residents fearing environmental harm and displacement, while others hope for an economic boost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The penultimate week of August sparked into life with U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Griffith’s identification of a chemical capable of carrying hereditary instructions between organisms—the “gene molecule”—would have sparked a thousand speculations and restructured the chemical theory of life.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
