inflame
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to see how videos could inflame heated debates over managing such animals, in California and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
He continued that, against the current backdrop, the right approach was not to inflame tensions further by "amplifying more 'us and them rhetoric'".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
They had warned of a diminished ability to respond should major global events inflame threats at home and abroad.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
The decision is likely to inflame tensions between the federal government and officials in Minnesota, where two U.S. citizens were fatally shot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The Mercury Theatre team deserved a medal for shining a warning light on the way European dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin used radio to “incite hatreds, inflame masses,...abolish reason and maintain themselves in power.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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