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Both dinner parties are part of an attempt to elicit the truth.

At one point he proclaimed that "the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over," which elicited Democratic laughter and pointing at Musk, who had been ostentatiously introduced by Trump in the gallery.

From Salon

"Eight million dollars to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of," Trump said, eliciting laughter from some US lawmakers.

From BBC

You might not think that a film about kids learning to play “Ode to Joy” would elicit as many tears as some of the other nominated shorts in this list.

From Salon

They tend to elicit strong emotions, Quinn said, loosely categorized as love or hate.

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

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