fanned

Example Sentences

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It also fanned debate about immigration and security, at a time when Germany was in the midst of a national election campaign.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

As the voters deliver their ballots to neighborhood drop-off sites and others wait to vote in person Tuesday, Times reporters fanned out across the city to ask residents whom they planned to support for mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The labour dispute has also fanned a debate over how AI profits should be distributed.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Individual investors have been pulling money out of private-credit funds at a rising pace this year, a phenomenon fund managers have blamed on irrational fears fanned by the media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

I fanned fast so as not to read the words, but they had already brought to mind Great-Granmaw Tweedy, how at her first funeral she sat up in her coffin at the graveyard and screamed.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns