add fuel to the fire

Example Sentences

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Michael Burry, the famed investment manager played by Christian Bale in 2015’s film “The Big Short,” recently added fuel to the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

Is this savvy PR or adding fuel to the fire?

From MarketWatch

Investors were already responding enthusiastically prior to the employment report to Nvidia’s strong earnings report late Wednesday, but the jobs figures added fuel to the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They add fuel to the fire of this city’s star power. It’s an energy, a force. It makes people want to show up.”

From Los Angeles Times

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