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stoke

verb as in fuel

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Although the Fed has enormous firepower, expanding its balance sheet wildly could stoke inflation.

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The three-cylinder will come to life, stoking the battery while underway.

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Among the locals, his arrival has kindled hopes of an economic renaissance, but it has also stoked controversy.

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“Delaying rate hikes will in turn stoke further yen depreciation,” they said.

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Well, bond markets are split between worrying that a U.S. jobs slowdown portends weak growth and fear that politicians pouring fuel on the smoldering embers of inflation will eventually stoke another fire.

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