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inflame

[in-fleym] / ɪnˈfleɪm /


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The Anthropic CEO’s most recent warnings—in a lengthy essay a weekend ago—helped further inflame a national panic about the dangers of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Most are part of a healthy ecosystem, but a smaller group can thrive below the gumline, inflame the gums and drive diseases such as gingivitis and periodontitis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

He called on political parties to "condemn acts that deliberately inflame tensions".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

It’s easy to see how videos could inflame heated debates over managing such animals, in California and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2026

Rutherford had once been a famous caricaturist, whose brutal cartoons had helped to inflame popular opinion before and during the Revolution.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The mice missing girdin developed severe gut inflammation and an altered microbiome, and many died from sepsis, a dangerous condition caused by an uncontrolled immune response that inflames the entire body and harms vital organs.

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2025

Probiotic supplements may be used to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous infection affecting premature infants that inflames and kills intestinal tissue.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2023

“It inflames old feelings of revenge that might have been forgotten about,” Col.

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2023

Former president Donald Trump, who inflames passions in both parties, stayed out of the state.

From Washington Post Dec. 5, 2022

This specimen carries her parasol on her left, toward the gate and her fiance, though the sun inflames her right.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

This "inflamed but immune-suppressed" state is one reason chemotherapy and immunotherapy can be less effective.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

However, after around six months the blood vessels in the kidney started to become damaged and the organ inflamed and then it started to fail.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

This decision inflamed conflicts that soon led to the Civil War.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Smith has started and re-started baseball activities, only to find out that the inflamed disk in his neck flares up.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

He was first diagnosed in Washington, DC, in 1908, when his face became so inflamed that his eyes were nearly swollen shut.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Walz, both Democrats, had urged the federal immigration authorities to leave the state to avoid inflaming tensions even more.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

“It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation. No one is going to convince the other. The only communication should be the officers issuing commands.”

From Salon Jan. 29, 2026

The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

The unrest began after a video circulated on social media, inflaming the town of 40,000 people which is home to a large immigrant population.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2025

“Reminds me it’s inside me, what’s inflaming my lungs.”

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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