raise havoc
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“It’s this small town that I could run around in, raise havoc, without having to worry,” said Payton Gregory, who grew up in Moab.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
Brian Manchester, lawyer for Brett Lahr, Dylan's 18-year-old brother, argued his client was merely along for the ride and was not part of the conspiracy by the other three to go out and raise havoc.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2014
The unpleasant alternative would have been to resort to high tariff barriers that might set off a global trade war and raise havoc with the fragile world economy.
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These in turn create powerful magnetic fields that raise havoc below.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"It would raise havoc in our harvest just the same," cut in Josef.
From The Story of Silk by Hattie Longstreet Price
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