fanned
Example Sentences
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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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