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foment

[foh-ment] / foʊˈmɛnt /


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Mr. Gibbs, a bassist, had already earned a reputation as a singular player whose dazzling technique and breadth of influences helped foment more than one musical revolution in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

They can inflame internal and external tensions and foment uncertainty.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 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

But it could very well foment a different crisis at a time when the war, now in its ninth month, is threatening to widen.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2024

Also, some growers’ associations, threatened by the return of interned farmers, had been using the war as a way to foment hostile feelings in the major farming areas.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

The text of the newly proposed Bill C-34 lists seven categories of "harmful content", which includes material bullying a child, or that foments hatred, or incites violence.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

There, sharing a theatre stage with a dozen other religious representatives, he urged all religions to live in harmony and shun ideological fundamentalism that foments violence.

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2023

In practice, the movement spreads falsehoods and foments conspiracy theories about evolution.

From Scientific American May 12, 2023

What makes the show addictive is the rush of combined envy and superiority it foments.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2018

It is only a modification of the general principle, which establishes harmony or foments divisions among men.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Charles Mackay

The paranoia and fear fomented by the sweeping immigration crackdown in the Midwestern state has led many migrants -- both those with legal status and those without -- to shelter at home, campaigners say.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

But it’s the lack of transparency and the 11-month delay in reporting the reading that has fomented community mistrust and raised questions regarding the military’s competency to safely clean up the polluted shipyard.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2025

Ms. Nadell is convincing that anti-Israel movements have fomented antisemitism.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

The horrific images that have emerged from the area during these hellish recent months have fomented a sea change in the dialogue around it.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2025

Lander’s rhetoric inflamed passions; he fomented rebellion; he was too uppity to allow to run free.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The sheer reach of the Cyclospora parasite indicates other contributors at play, and despite expert recommendations to the contrary, it’s already fomenting a mild panic over produce.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

This is a reference to Greece, which is being accused by some of the protesters of fomenting the trouble.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Paz's government accuses Morales, who attempted a comeback last year despite being wanted on charges of trafficking a minor, of fomenting the current unrest.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

What I would say to people is if they can’t show you the evidence for the proposition that they’re fomenting, then you should not listen to them.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Mom is fomenting her own brand of anarchy closer to home.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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