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It is quite another to suggest at an internationalist forum that a G7 ally, Canada, become a state of your nation, eliciting gasps in the audience, and not just from Canadians.

From BBC

One aspect of these raids elicits broad agreement: Their effect was to sow fear.

Musk's gesture, covered by some news outlets live, immediately elicited comparisons to a salute first used by Italian fascists, then popularized Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party.

From Salon

Department of Justice launched an investigation into the use of jail informants in 2016, and said it’s investigation found that informants were used as “agents of law enforcement to elicit incriminating statements.”

An Australian influencer has been charged with poisoning her baby girl to elicit donations and boost online followers.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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