fodder

Example Sentences

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The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Foreman also defended his right to use the raid footage as fodder for his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Remember, the Revolutionary Guard was founded to provide cannon fodder during the Iraq-Iran War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

And this case had given him lots of fodder.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson