foment

It was an early list of complaints against the crown and helped foment the American Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

When such state threats are systematized, they can foment a broader climate of fear, self-censorship and conformity.

From Salon ● May 28, 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

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

A few protesters rallied near the square where Meloni spoke, with one of them holding a sign contending the leader foments hate.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

He is still further alarmed, that Elizabeth foments the wartegeux, and assists underhand the discontented.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

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

However, the ill-feeling has been fomenting for much longer.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A better strategy would focus on how we can work with our allies, not on fomenting domestic revolutions most of their citizens don’t want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

"It should now be clear to everyone throughout the region that decades of fomenting terrorism and extremism, jihadism and antisemitism have not worked. They haven't worked. They've been a disaster."

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

As so much of the culture divides itself into fomenting herds, Bargatze offers his fans the relief of a non-divisive presence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

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

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García