stir things up

Example Sentences

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Journalists love to stir things up like that.

From Salon • May 20, 2024

Those traits tend to stir things up inside both the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

“We’re on track to make the best progress we have in a year and so just to stir things up on his way to Wyoming seems unfortunate.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

Ahead of the payrolls data, the flash estimate of euro zone inflation in December also has the potential to stir things up.

From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2022

Maybe, he thought, this was just one soldier, ignorant or cruel, wanting to stir things up.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers