feeding

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"They probably are cost-effective, rather than feeding each lizard three or four woodies, which are quite small, you could only give them one."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He knew the situation was delicate and complicated, and he worked directly with young activists on how to prevent their views on this political issue from feeding bigotry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"There are also indications, as we discussed, that the shock is feeding into inflation, short-term inflation expectations have risen," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

But when you have a microclimate kind of culture feeding in toxic behavior and rewarding toxic behavior over and over again, it breeds it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

A chess-playing friend, Karl Burger, ten years older, who went on to become a medical doctor and an international master, first told Bobby about the tome, feeding the boy’s imagination about the wisdom it contained.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady