set tongues wagging
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The ease with which he rounded Leinster fly-half Sam Prendergast to scorch in for a try set tongues wagging among those on the look-out for Lions.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
Discovery, expressed interest in combining with Paramount set tongues wagging about a possible union of Hollywood’s top deal candidates.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Gore, which helped decide the outcome of that year’s presidential election, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg set tongues wagging when she closed with a flat “I dissent,” rather than the traditional “I respectfully dissent.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2023
An emoji he posted on Twitter in December that implicitly criticized Bottoms set tongues wagging at City Hall.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
As the Cardinal waxed in importance his stately palace grew until its magnificence set tongues wagging, and it was said that the Churchman’s residence outshone in splendour the castles of the King.
From Hampton Court by Haslehust, E. W.
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