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
"No one should do anything that could add fuel to the fire in any other place," Blinken added.
From Reuters ● Oct. 15, 2023
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
