Leads
Spooks
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Beauty and the Beast: While lost in the woods, Maurice wakes up a flock of bats, which spooks his horse and leads to him being left behind.
Source: Bat Scare -
At first, it seems that the two leaders will be able to negotiate a peaceful resolution... then an adder spooks a soldier on one side into drawing his sword to kill it; thus causing a chain reaction that leads to everyone on both sides drawing swords, and they end up going to war.
Source: Violence Is the Only Option -
In Spooks the Special Relationship between the UK and US leads to facepalm inducing situations that at the very least would be cause for armed conflict if it were occurring in a country which doesn't rollover like a dog on command.
Source: Eagleland
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