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

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