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Arousing suspicion from others was Niemann’s adroit counter after Carlsen made a relatively unusual opening.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Arousing the worst facets of American emotionalism is another.

From Time Magazine Archive

Arousing Amateur Lippmann's well-bred scorn were the feverish efforts of other sleuths to solve the case by strong-arm methods.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lone in her chamber sat Leorre, and heard The songs of Kathanal by courtiers sung— Arousing words, like a clear clarion call To truth and virtue, purity and faith.

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

Arousing myself from the stupor into which I had fallen, I peered through an opening in the brushwood and beheld the three young men and their horses fallen to the ground.

From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John