foment
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When such state threats are systematized, they can foment a broader climate of fear, self-censorship and conformity.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Never has the U.S. managed to foment regime change from the air alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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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