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Reading gave him a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that followed him into early adulthood — a penchant he would like to stoke in his fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Plenty of internet pundits, however, have kept their eye on this and continued to deliberately stoke the anger themselves.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Its main tool to achieve this is the economy's key interest rate -- raising rates tends to curtail economic activity and high prices, while lowering them encourages hiring and investment but can also stoke inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

They are expected to provide clarity and tamp down unwarranted panic, not stoke conspiracy theories.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The thread tugs harder, and I stoke the flame with names.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

“Geopolitical tension should drive safe-haven buying, but when it spikes oil, it stokes inflation, which pushes the Fed to tighten — and that’s gold’s kryptonite,” he said, referring to gold’s weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

A pattern emerges: The crowd suspects a problem, then Pangram validates the suspicion, stokes the mob, and sells the solution.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Stagflation—when economic growth stalls and inflation accelerates—is a growing concern in South Korea, as the fallout from the war stokes upside risks to prices and downside risks to growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

That stokes the need for data center essentials such as memory, power, storage, and cooling as well as the traditional AI GPU makers, like Nvidia, and so-called neocloud providers, such as CoreWeave.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

She stokes it with more hunks of turkey and whole candied yams.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Earlier this week, oil prices hit $100 a barrel for the first time since May, as the renewed fighting stoked fears over global energy supplies.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

But frontwoman Kathleen Hanna was just as stoked to see them having a good time in front of her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Rigid price controls helped flood local markets with cheap rebar and cement that stoked a construction boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, Fed governor Christopher Waller stoked concerns over an early interest rate hike as inflation continues to remain elevated.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The shirt fell on Otto, and the familiarity of it stoked something in him.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

This initiative, along with other financing strategies, has raised concerns that Nvidia is artificially stoking demand for its own products.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Flock CEO Garrett Langley has accused some opponents of being "terrorists," stoking the fire.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Another surge in oil prices is stoking inflation concerns and helping force benchmark borrowing costs to multi-month highs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Oil prices hit $100 a barrel for the first time since May on Thursday after several days of increases, stoking fears of higher inflation and a lower likelihood of interest rate cuts.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

I spotted Charles Beckendorf from the Hephaestus cabin stoking the forge outside the camp armory.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan