fanned

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Earnings growth will be fanned by new and renovated stores and further expansion overseas, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It also fanned debate about immigration and security, at a time when Germany was in the midst of a national election campaign.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Visa’s earnings beat was driven by healthy consumer spending despite inflation worries fanned by the Iran war.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

In the 1890s, long-simmering dreams of an inhabited Mars found a foothold in the U.S., fanned by wealthy astronomer Percival Lowell, who built an Arizona observatory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Ignoring the Navy, they happily fanned the flames of her growing fame.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield