stirred (up)

past tense of stir (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stirred (up)
Verb
  • For director and co-writer Shinsuke Sato, a third season that moved beyond the main action of the manga allowed for greater freedom to explore the questions provoked by this Borderland reveal.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One student told detectives that Clarke provoked the situation by making disparaging remarks at him.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The scale is staggering, even for a company that’s raised a record amount of private market cash and seen its valuation swell to $500 billion.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The discovery renews scrutiny of Bolton’s handling of sensitive national security information and echoes long-standing concerns first raised during a contentious legal battle over his 2020 memoir.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Stirred (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stirred%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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