enflame
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The concern is that an escalating conflict here will further enflame ethnic tensions in Ethiopia, and could also fuel instability in Sudan and Eritrea.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2021
Jay-Z’s producer says he doesn’t want to enflame tensions between Donald Trump and Jay-Z.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2018
His straight-faced commitment to his film’s central conceit would feel silly and self-important if it weren’t shared by his cast, and the fearless performances of Ineson and Dickie enflame our fears.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2016
“Anything that tries to solve an issue in Northern Ireland, to put a salve on it, tends to enflame the situation,” he said.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 16, 2013
Not arms to brave, 'tis wings to 'scape, my fate I ask; but by those beams I'm doom'd to die, When distant which consume, and which enflame when nigh.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
When rookie Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers this offseason, it enflamed the external worries about their hoarding of talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
If you’re unfamiliar with Finale, you may have trouble understanding why a program for placing musical notes on staffs has enflamed such passions.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
Lee’s death further enflamed debate over public safety in San Francisco and its moribund downtown, which has not yet bounced back from the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
The charges against the bodega worker who claims he was defending himself, however, enflamed the misgivings about how the law is being enforced.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
The mass shifted and moaned, and, my curiosity enflamed to no small degree, I asked my mentor, “What is it?” and he replied, “It is John Withers, a Customs Inspector.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ran the risk of enflaming public outrage.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
Cleveland also might wish to think twice about enflaming Andre Iguodala, as if he wasn't already on fire!
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
He had celebrated Lampard's opener with gusto, enflaming the fans' ire in the process, but No 200 was a goal worth acclaiming.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2013
He saw at once that his provincial concerts were leading him to false goals, enflaming false ambitions, robbing him of his strength.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
"Someone has been telling you tales about me," said Flamby, an ominous scarlet enflaming her cheeks.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
