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

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

If you fantasize about retiring abroad, stories of blissful expats will only stoke your desire.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

The studio "is famously a very, very quiet company", which has only served to stoke the hype, Young said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Will the build-out cool or stoke price pressures?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

One of the interrogators used a bellows to stoke the coals.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

“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

And that’s important because, the author tells us, for our naturally “phantasmagoric” minds, the meandering state feeds our imaginations and stokes creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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

"A lack of information stokes public anger and leads to the unchecked spread of false information," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

Bree stokes the small fire and places more pots of tea on the iron rack.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Under former general manager Perry Minasian, college players would be stoked to be drafted by the Angels, who did not hesitate to promote top prospects to the major leagues after the briefest of minor-league stints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Interest rates picked up this week as the gradual breakdown of the ceasefire with Iran has stoked fears of further inflation and geopolitical instability,” Joel Berner, a senior economist at Realtor.com, said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

The sudden flare-up has stoked concerns about peace talks between the foes as they look to end their conflict and fully reopen the crucial waterway.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

One evening as I stoked this memory like a fire against November’s chill, a knock sounded at my door.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Excellent earnings growth for publicly listed tech companies is stoking optimism about unlisted ones, sending their valuations higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

A broad-based tech selloff accelerated Tuesday as memory-chip stocks retreated, stoking skepticism about the artificial-intelligence trade.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Last week, Salesforce announced the acquisition of customer-agent company Fin for roughly $3.6 billion, further stoking investor discontent.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Purchasing-card use by public officials, including waste and alleged fraud, is stoking taxpayer backlash in cities and towns across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

After three years of pumping the bellows and stoking the furnace, I said to the master, “When do I learn to blow glass?”

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz