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The Bishop of Birmingham Michael Volland said he felt they "had the potential to generate anxiety and stir up division" and "feed into a harmful narrative that provides fuel for a fire of toxic nationalism".

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Beyond youth unemployment, the electoral process has also stirred controversy, especially with the exclusion of Maurice Kamto from the presidential race.

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The challenge has felled two previous prime ministers over the past year, driving up the country’s borrowing costs and stirring investor worries.

“Uncertainties that usually stir up cross currents, even those are being ignored” by bonds, Goncalves said.

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These winds stir up dust into swirling columns called dust devils—rotating plumes of air and fine particles that sweep across the Martian surface.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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