foment

Example Sentences

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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

The aim is to tackle disinformation and hate speech that can foment unrest and radicalise people.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Even as Tisquantum attempted to foment Indian distrust of Massasoit, he told the colonists that Massasoit was going to double-cross them by leading a joint attack on Plymouth with the Narragansett.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann