add fuel to the fire

Example Sentences

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March Madness will only add fuel to the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Lower courts have blocked the deployment there thus far, with an appeals court saying such a move would "likely to lead to civil unrest" and "only add fuel to the fire".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

And the technological revolution could add fuel to the fire of economic weakness that is already putting pressure on hiring, the analysts added.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

"Canceling them would add fuel to the fire," he said.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2022

I wasn’t about to add fuel to the fire by asking questions about things that I should know, like my mother’s name.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia