fuelling

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The Games take place at a time when concerns are being raised over the medicalisation of Western society, with social media and 'looksmaxxing' blamed for fuelling demand for weight-loss injections, cosmetic treatments and performance substances.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"I regret that the response -- disproportionate to say the least given to the very real concerns that have been expressed -- is only fuelling them," she added.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Millions of exhaust-belching motorbikes zip through Hanoi's narrow streets every day fuelling its chronic air pollution, but authorities have backtracked from an ambitious plan to ban them in favour of electric two-wheelers.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Increased prices for food ingredients and fertilizers are still pushing up costs for traders, farmers and consumers leading to a "vicious circle" fuelling a "cost-of-living crisis", a cheesemonger said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

This matter of fuelling steamers is a serious one at such distances from the coal-mines; it costs the Peninsular Company some eight hundred thousand pounds a year.

From Around the World in 80 Days by Verne, Jules