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  • Arousing much comment and curiosity was the costliness of the ball and more importantly, what the new First Lady was to wear.

    The Presidential Inauguration | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • Arousing and adrenaline-pumping, it's the goal scoring in particular that invites an orgasmic experience that can never be had with a lover.

    Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright: Is Soccer Better Than Sex? 2010

  • Arousing instant empathy with a resounding éclat, the hunger strike fired up a defiant mood.

    A CROWD GATHERS AROUND THE STRIKERS philip j cunningham 2009

  • Picking up the pad then, she studied the hexagram intently, verifying it finally from the chart at the back of the book: Chen, the hexagram of shock, the Arousing, thunder in the spring, the symbol of beginning.

    Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

  • Arousing applause for the president, formally accepting his award just a couple of hours ago, early this morning for us.

    CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009 2009

  • Arousing instant empathy with a resounding éclat, the hunger strike fired up a defiant mood.

    Archive 2009-05-14 philip j cunningham 2009

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Sen. Craig Decision Poses Dilemma for GOP'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Arousing the ire of his Republican colleagues, Craig reneged on a pledge to resign from the Senate, announcing Thursday afternoon that despite a judge\'s refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea, he would remain in the Senate.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Sen. Craig Decision Poses Dilemma for GOP 2007

  • Odious: "Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure".

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Odious: "Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure".

    BBC Censorship 2007

  • Arousing the ire of his Republican colleagues, Craig reneged on a pledge to resign from the Senate, announcing Thursday afternoon that despite a judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea, he would remain in the Senate.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Sen. Craig Decision Poses Dilemma for GOP 2007

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