inflame

Club members have been reluctant to speak publicly about the dispute, fearing they could either inflame tensions within the membership or complicate the club’s court cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

With fans travelling between the three nations to watch matches, stepped-up US immigration enforcement efforts could create logistical headaches and inflame already frayed nerves.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

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

They had warned of a diminished ability to respond should major global events inflame threats at home and abroad.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

Alice Paul had known that the words would inflame the public and get a response.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Her approach, it was claimed, "inflames rather than calms a situation" and "creates a culture of fear and anxiety".

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

The mice missing girdin developed severe gut inflammation and an altered microbiome, and many died from sepsis, a dangerous condition caused by an uncontrolled immune response that inflames the entire body and harms vital organs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

It inflames babies’ tiny airways so it’s hard to breathe or causes pneumonia.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Former president Donald Trump, who inflames passions in both parties, stayed out of the state.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

Your pretty little camp inflames, Kelli had said.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

The characters are all in a continual state of collision, their shifting conflicts inflamed by Coriolanus’ arrogantly uncompromising nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

He was diagnosed with an inflamed disk, he said, the root of the pain on the right side of his neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Gulf states’ concerns were inflamed last month when Trump and top U.S. military officials shrugged off Iranian attacks on shipping and a strategic U.A.E. oil port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The moves inflamed concerns the network's leadership would undermine independent journalism at the US's longest-running and highest-rated news programme.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Ernest’s determination to keep on Groves’s good side showed in his muted response to an incident that outraged the physics community and inflamed public opinion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

City leaders have previously resisted federal deployments, arguing they undermine local control and risk inflaming already tense situations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

The department has been using data to focus efforts on violent offenders, gun crimes and repeat offenders—attacking serious crime without inflaming backlash against police, O’Hara has said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

“It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation. No one is going to convince the other. The only communication should be the officers issuing commands.”

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

The Liverpool coach did not delve too much into the specifics, insisting that his conversation with Salah was short, but he said enough to explain the situation without inflaming it any further.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

He’d washed himself, cold water like liquid fingernails inflaming the scratches on his face.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier