stoking

Example Sentences

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The country’s intelligence agency blamed anti-China influences from abroad for stoking youth disillusionment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

For Japan, the conflict in the Middle East is stoking concerns around inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Dogra explained this decision was made prior to the Panorama broadcast, as she "didn't want to run the risk of stoking speculation that might lead to jigsaw identification of the women" in the film.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

But the proposed merger would saddle the combined company with $79 billion in debt, stoking fears that Paramount would be forced to make steep cost cuts to juggle such a large debt load.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Though Babi worked at Silo, Kabul’s gigantic bread factory, where he labored amid the heat and the humming machinery stoking the massive ovens and mill grains all day, he was a university-educated man.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini