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The case has elicited controversy since the justices agreed to take up the dispute.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The banning of the suit has elicited mixed reactions on social media, with some wondering why "African attire" would be banned by an African parliament, while others supported it.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

The Air Force Academy football team’s plan to wear uniforms honoring the participants in an air attack on Japan during World War II has elicited positive and negative reactions.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023

But the process has elicited questions from participants, and some pulled out after conversations with committee leaders.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023

Fecundation.—It is often asked, and the question has elicited some discussion, Which is the principal reproductive element; the zoösperm, or the ovum?

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey