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
In terrible moments, we should keep in our minds these thoughts: Don’t inflame things.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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 excess industrial capacity probe targets the European Union, China, Japan, India and others, and could inflame tensions with those trading partners.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Rutherford had once been a famous caricaturist, whose brutal cartoons had helped to inflame popular opinion before and during the Revolution.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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