stoke
Example Sentences
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The confusion the message stoked as it echoed throughout the county over the next 24 hours could have been avoided, Sutton said, if it contained more precise information.
From Los Angeles Times
Sellers tracking the market downturn started slapping lower price-tags on their pieces as well, which stoked momentum in the second half of the year.
The Wall Street Journal’s quiz on office manners stoked much debate and some grousing about what’s polite behavior in the modern workplace.
Meanwhile, the latest data from China showed economic momentum slowed broadly in November, stoking concerns about demand in the world’s second-largest oil consumer.
He added that the report is stoking fears “that this is the first of many inorganic deals.”
From MarketWatch
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