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• Arms shot up in dissent, but only to get a rise out of the GM.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
• Because of this, the pair knows how to get a rise out of each other in a way other signs may not.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• Yet the actor does not set out to get a rise out of audience members.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• Trump, on the other hand, clearly said many things purely to get a rise out of people.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
• Some forms of anti-Semitism appear to be trolling and genuine bigotry used in an attempt to get a rise out of Jewish users.
  — Lindsay Deutsch, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• Clearly Trump’s strategy was to talk and talk and talk, daring Wallace or Biden to stop him, goading Biden to get a rise out of him.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2020
• Whether or not Williams was just trying to get a rise out of her Twitch viewers, the numbers certainly back her opinion up.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 Oct. 2022
• The people around you may even play with your emotions to try and get a rise out of you, but do your best to stay composed and give them something to think about with your response.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• If a music nerd with a passion for experimental death metal can get a rise out of one of the biggest stars in the world, all is not lost.
  — John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
• In brief, the whole point of the edgelord gaslighting is to get a rise out of others, along with distracting from whatever else was the focus of attention.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• Usually this kind of behavior is indicative of a person who likely wants to get a rise out of you.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
• Twitch viewers have a long tradition of sending messages to streamers intended to get a rise out of them.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• Bellino stared at Bumgarner, never looking at his hand, seemingly trying to get a rise out of the pitcher.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
• But Grace is intrigued by this free-spirited, beguiling woman who keeps showing up in her life — at her gym, for example, where Elena seems to flaunt her nudity in front of Grace, perhaps to get a rise out of her?
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025