stoking
Example Sentences
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He allegedly has close ties with Myanmar's ultranationalist monk Wirathu, who is accused of stoking religious tensions there.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The case has also drawn wide attention on social media, stoking broader debates around mental health, postpartum psychosis, and the limits of criminal responsibility.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Stocks fell and oil prices climbed Monday, with renewed fighting in the Middle East stoking unease on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Theater, in other words, that was creating a sense of belonging and not simply stoking an appetite for consuming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
After smallpox wiped out much of the political elite, each panaqa tried to move into the vacuum, stoking the passions of the civil war.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
