brandish

fling

wave about

wiggle

sway

to wave, sway, wag.

agitate

arouse

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Questions concerning asylum and immigration are close to our citizens and often arouse strong feelings.

The worst thing that can befall us is to arouse hopes and then have to disappoint them.

beat

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Let us not beat about the bush.

We cannot continue to beat about the bush.

I will not beat about the bush: animals are animals and people are people.

flourish

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5155 We also urge them to fight for solutions which will guarantee that their rights are promoted and flourish.

Whatever a society is like, it can only flourish in peace, and there can be no peace without justice.

incite

stir up

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47060 The question of illegal immigrants is used to stir up feelings of xenophobia and racism.

wag

wave

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We have first and second wave candidate countries.

The most recent wave of violence and terror must be condemned in any event.

This wave of solidarity, however, which many citizens have been involved in, is still not enough.

The result today is that everything is being swept away by a tidal wave.

We must not let ourselves be engulfed in this wave of panic, because we bear political responsibility.

whirl

wield

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The warlords are those who now wield power.

Too many members of former ruling families still wield power.

In this case we must wield the carrot and the stick.

jiggle

jolt

swing

Esimerkkilauseet

Negotiations are in full swing.

That is not how you combat racism and a swing to the right.

to wave

wag.

whisk

windmill