The bad economic news has 'stirred' anxiety among investors. [=has caused investors to worry]
“Not a creature was 'stirring'” <aq>Clement Moore, “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (1822)</aq>
His comments certainly 'stirred things up'. [=caused a lot of excitement, anger, etc.]
(..) Presence of religious icons... ...will get a reaction from anything unholy. Sort of pisses them off. So I set these throughout the house, see if I can stir things up a bit. - Like holding a cross to a vampire? - Yeah. Exactly. Except I don't believe in vampires. Wasn't me. Brad, get the camera. (..)2013 The Conjuring