feed the fire
Example Sentences
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She also worries that a broad recommendation can feed the fire of people who discount the value of boosters.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2023
Cueto and her neighbors feed the fire under their common pot with wood scraps they are given twice a month as charity from a carpenter’s shop.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
"It originated on the top floor and once it breached through the roof the oxygen started to feed the fire," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2022
Hadi’s battered metal barrow was in the other, piled with flattened cardboard to feed the fire.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022
I never thought to feed the fire, that had always been a servant’s task.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
