fed

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Mortgage rates bounded higher earlier this year as the war fed into higher inflation expectations.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

No identity seemed to suit her, and her continued solitude fed the gossip about her alleged witchcraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"People are fed up," says one Restore door-knocker, among a group of six activists wearing matching party-branded caps and T-shirts.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Much of the freak-out was fed by polls supposedly showing Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco atop the field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

They had been breathing in ash that coated their throats, the particles of dust sucking their mouth dry, just like it did the smaller springs that had fed into the Green River.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone