foment
Example Sentences
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They can inflame internal and external tensions and foment uncertainty.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
What I didn’t anticipate was how hard it is to fill all the void, how the loss of work anxiety would foment a new anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Those contests, like many others, involved months of trash-talking on both sides, and often foment internal warfare.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
The aim is to tackle disinformation and hate speech that can foment unrest and radicalise people.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
Even as Tisquantum attempted to foment Indian distrust of Massasoit, he told the colonists that Massasoit was going to double-cross them by leading a joint attack on Plymouth with the Narragansett.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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