foment
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What would it feel like if the court took seriously the idea that the American public can foment and lobby and birth constitutional meaning in their own home kitchens?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mr. Gibbs, a bassist, had already earned a reputation as a singular player whose dazzling technique and breadth of influences helped foment more than one musical revolution in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
They can inflame internal and external tensions and foment uncertainty.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Those contests, like many others, involved months of trash-talking on both sides, and often foment internal warfare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Also, some growers’ associations, threatened by the return of interned farmers, had been using the war as a way to foment hostile feelings in the major farming areas.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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The text of the newly proposed Bill C-34 lists seven categories of "harmful content", which includes material bullying a child, or that foments hatred, or incites violence.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
There, sharing a theatre stage with a dozen other religious representatives, he urged all religions to live in harmony and shun ideological fundamentalism that foments violence.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023
In practice, the movement spreads falsehoods and foments conspiracy theories about evolution.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023
A few protesters rallied near the square where Meloni spoke, with one of them holding a sign contending the leader foments hate.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
Manuel de Castro, Portuguese renegade, appointed commodore of the Company's gallivats; distrusted by English captains; permits Angria's gallivats to reinforce Kennery; treachery of, punished; foments a mutiny at St. Helena; returns to Angria.
From The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by Biddulph, J. (John)
The paranoia and fear fomented by the sweeping immigration crackdown in the Midwestern state has led many migrants -- both those with legal status and those without -- to shelter at home, campaigners say.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
But it’s the lack of transparency and the 11-month delay in reporting the reading that has fomented community mistrust and raised questions regarding the military’s competency to safely clean up the polluted shipyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Ms. Nadell is convincing that anti-Israel movements have fomented antisemitism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The horrific images that have emerged from the area during these hellish recent months have fomented a sea change in the dialogue around it.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
Lander’s rhetoric inflamed passions; he fomented rebellion; he was too uppity to allow to run free.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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This is a reference to Greece, which is being accused by some of the protesters of fomenting the trouble.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Paz's government accuses Morales, who attempted a comeback last year despite being wanted on charges of trafficking a minor, of fomenting the current unrest.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
What I would say to people is if they can’t show you the evidence for the proposition that they’re fomenting, then you should not listen to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
As so much of the culture divides itself into fomenting herds, Bargatze offers his fans the relief of a non-divisive presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
Mom is fomenting her own brand of anarchy closer to home.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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