fanned

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Middle East producers need tankers that have fanned out across the world to deliver their cargoes and sail back, which could take months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Individual investors have been pulling money out of private-credit funds at a rising pace this year, a phenomenon fund managers have blamed on irrational fears fanned by the media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The Avalanche then increased the advantage 7:39 in the final period after Kempe fanned a shot from the point.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

In early April, Santa Ana winds fanned the flames of local wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Standing as rigid as a black locust stump, and with his long ears fanned open, he started sniffing the air.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls