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  • past participle of fan.
  • past tense form of fan.

fanned



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Investigators fanned out to local Walmart stores, scouring surveillance video and receipts but found no suspects.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Yet, fires fanned by increasingly extreme weather have stress-tested these measures more than ever before.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Thousands of people have been evacuated on the Greek island of Crete as wildfires fanned by strong winds menace tourist resorts and villages.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Temperatures topped 40C and gusts of hot wind fanned the flames in the southern Italian island, where wildfires have been raging for several days.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

I fanned myself with the packet he’d brought; funny how the cabin had warmed up so quickly.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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