whip up

• “Israel—which says Syria and Iran are fomenting the flare-ups—sees the border demonstrations as a tactic to whip up regional and international pressure on the Jewish state as expectations rise for a United Nations resolution on Palestinian statehood in September.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Violence Flares Up at Israeli Border

• “Some of these are what I call Pantry Face-lifts, which are potions you can whip up yourself with ingredients from your kitchen or pantry.”

  Simon & Schuster: Rinnavation

• “I think Al had been caught between an immovable object and an irresistible force: Splintered badly and trying to whip up a jingoistic fervor to increase its own sagging popularity, the junta rejected any settlement that stopped short of unquestioned Argentinean sovereignty over the Falklands; Margaret Thatcher was willing to make limited concessions to avoid bloodshed, but was adamant in her determination to defend British interests.”

  Simon & Schuster: An American Life

• “In any case, Alobar would decide to board the spook express at last, and he'd dust off his antique lab equipment in order to whip up some K23.”

  Fictionaut: La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth

• “The alliance blamed a weapons-system failure, but the Gadhafi regime used the incident to whip up anger toward the West and the opposition.”

  The Wall Street Journal: What's News: World-Wide

• “B.S. in Criminal Law should be able to whip up a pot without toomany problems.”

  Shiver

• “Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to whip up a Love Potion!”

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• “Jillian is an excellent cook, able to whip up anything from a breakfast burrito to a double-chocolate layer cake on a whim.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Lo-Down

• “Puddings for Pudding: In England, they call dessert “pudding”—a good enough excuse to whip up a big pot of My-T-Fine and make some parfaits in your stemmed glasses, topped with whipped cream, a cherry, and ladyfingers.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Swell Dressed Party

• “One research study found that those experiencing chronic stress had higher levels of interleukin-6, or IL-6, which are pro-inflammatory cytokines that act as signaling messengers between cells of the immune system and which can whip up the immune cells to turn against the body itself.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

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