fan the flames

It also appears designed not to fan the flames before the weekend.

The government has failed us on social media as badly as it failed us in traditional media, and in so doing, the government helped fan the flames of extremism.

These are the kind of ingredients that could fan the flames in the Epstein story as summer turns to autumn.

Rather than fan the flames of a recently intense division rivalry, he advocated for calm.

“We will not obey in advance. We will not turn our gaze. We will not fan the flames of extremism. We will not answer violence with violence,” said Rabbi Sharon Brous, in an impassioned speech in which she likened Trump to the “authoritarian” Pharoah who oppressed Jews in the Bible.