inflame
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All this is based on observations so obvious they’re hard to resist: War requires weaponry, the supply of oil is being choked, fear and uncertainty inflame the demand for gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
They can inflame internal and external tensions and foment uncertainty.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
If one spouse exerts control and the other is disengaged or kept out of the loop, filing tax returns can inflame tensions and drive a wedge into the relationship.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
"But their intervention when it came did little more than inflame tensions," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 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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