stir
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Boomboxes in the 1980s and 1990s, for example, caused a stir.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Just as important as Kiffin’s ability to light up scoreboards was his knack for using any microphone within earshot to stir up attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Treasury debt is a slumbering giant that is starting to stir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
As he approached, Trujillo accidentally kicked over a glass of water on the marble floor, but Franco and his wife didn’t stir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was like the times when he awoke so heavy with sleep that to stir even a linger seemed impossible.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Being put on a PIP by someone who used to be your equal probably stirs up feelings of inadequacy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A pair of heartwarming World Cup reflections: Soccer stirs up all sorts of emotions for fans.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The $60 million production, paid for the UFC and sponsors, was a logistical Everest, but also the sort of society-shocking stunt that stirs something primal in UFC Barnum Dana White.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The crowd stirs again, while a few of the girls from my school look at one another in shock.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
The resulting effect stirred Bayouth to use more outside elements in her glaze application.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I stirred miso butter into the rice, which was delicious but made the entire meal feel as though it had changed its name and moved to another neighborhood.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
And in 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief war as sentiments were stirred up by a World Cup qualifying match.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The manager with multiple lives stirred once more.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
“From the time humankind achieved time travel,” a voice boomed out, just like in a movie preview, “people have been stirred with compassion for the sufferings of the past.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
At Mars, the solar wind appears to produce a similar effect by "stirring" the outer boundary of the upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"It'd all go to waste otherwise," he told AFP, while stirring a metre-radius metal pan perched atop a gas burner filled with ratatouille.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick’s stirring opening essay is definitely worth a read.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
He concludes with the stirring lines: “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Grandma Mae would have us rolling out the pie dough and stirring up her chocolate chip cornflake cookies.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Vocabulary lists containing stir
"Amigo Brothers" and "Lean on Me"
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"A Raisin in the Sun," "My Father is a Simple Man," and "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
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