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It was surrounded by fans and the Fox crew kept trying to stoke the rivalry, while the Kansas and ASU bands battled it out on Wembley Way and on the pitch before kick-off.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

It’s the gift that keeps on giving: They stoke the flames, and the flames reward them back.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Perhaps I’m protective of that difference because, of course, companies have always tried to stoke and steer desire.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Reading gave him a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that followed him into early adulthood — a penchant he would like to stoke in his fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

He didn’t mind if he had to stoke the fire for the next month.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

The stronger-than-expected growth stokes the case for the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates further amid sticky inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Geopolitical tension should drive safe-haven buying, but when it spikes oil, it stokes inflation, which pushes the Fed to tighten — and that’s gold’s kryptonite,” he said, referring to gold’s weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

A pattern emerges: The crowd suspects a problem, then Pangram validates the suspicion, stokes the mob, and sells the solution.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

That stokes the need for data center essentials such as memory, power, storage, and cooling as well as the traditional AI GPU makers, like Nvidia, and so-called neocloud providers, such as CoreWeave.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Whoever stokes the fire during the night gets an extra pancake in the morning,” he said.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

Asian stocks tumbled Friday as oil prices extended gains and bond yields held at multi-year highs as the Middle East crisis stoked supply concerns and a forecast-topping US inflation report ramped up rate hike bets.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

But the Fife town is in the grips of an affordable housing crisis, where property prices are being stoked by the influence of wealthy buyers from outwith Scotland.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Weirdly stoked on the sea salt option,” one Instagram user wrote on In-N-Out’s social media post about the changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Oil prices climbed in Asian trade Monday morning as escalating tensions in the U.S.-Iran conflict stoked concerns over potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

I'm excited about that, but here's what I'm really stoked about: I caught a blip from the MAV!

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Rising crude-oil prices and strong corporate profits are stoking worries that the Federal Reserve might start raising interest rates again after a three-year break, McElligott said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

He allegedly has close ties with Myanmar's ultranationalist monk Wirathu, who is accused of stoking religious tensions there.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The case has also drawn wide attention on social media, stoking broader debates around mental health, postpartum psychosis, and the limits of criminal responsibility.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Theater, in other words, that was creating a sense of belonging and not simply stoking an appetite for consuming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ernest had spent weeks stoking himself up to a high level of optimism.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik