stoked
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The confusion the message stoked as it echoed throughout the county over the next 24 hours could have been avoided, Sutton said, if it contained more precise information.
From Los Angeles Times
Sellers tracking the market downturn started slapping lower price-tags on their pieces as well, which stoked momentum in the second half of the year.
The Wall Street Journal’s quiz on office manners stoked much debate and some grousing about what’s polite behavior in the modern workplace.
Part of the tech jitters came as Oracle’s latest earnings report stoked further anxiety around the artificial-intelligence trade.
From Barron's
The revenue miss has stoked fears that Oracle’s RPO will take longer to turn into realized sales than anticipated.
From MarketWatch
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