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as in igniting
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as in oscillating
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanning
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Meanwhile, Mercury and Mars in Scorpio are igniting your money and resources sector, so expect conversations about finances, investments, or even overdue payments to heat up.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025 -
The moment — delivered by Steinfeld’s character Mary on a humid New Orleans train platform — was clipped, memed and replayed across TikTok, igniting think pieces and parodies alike.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Merokeety Fall Oversized Batwing Lounge Set Fall temperatures are notoriously unpredictable, oscillating between hot and cold, so a sweatshirt-and-shorts duo like this set from Merokeety will prepare for both climates.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Quadrupole ion traps use four electrode poles to generate oscillating electric fields that confine ions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Modern Family cast has indeed reunited in various permutations over the years — none of them inflaming fan paranoia as much as 2023's reunion-sans-Burrell.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Disney stated the show was initially pulled to avoid inflaming a tense national situation.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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In his own post, the Cavs guard shared the same photo, along with a clip showing an aerial view of the proposal, which took place by a pool surrounded by swaying palm trees.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The government has challenged the ruling, triggering a lengthy appeals process — highly unusual in immigration cases that don’t involve serious crimes.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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The game’s loot box mechanics — while not exclusive to EA — also led to backlash from gamers, triggering European regulators to investigate whether the feature constituted gambling.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Science builds on prior insights, and a handy repository of past advances serves as kindling for future discoveries.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rookie running back Omarion Hampton started waving his hand toward the sideline.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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That’s inciting lots of speculation again — (about) the sustainable fuel, the energy balance.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Wole’s infidelity is an important inciting incident, but this moment of personal reckoning was inevitable.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Fanning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanning. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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