fanned

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The labour dispute has also fanned a debate over how AI profits should be distributed.

From Barron's • May 26, 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

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

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

Ube fanned the pamphlets out and then turned to Jam and Redemption, putting some sternness in his voice.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi