stokes

present tense third-person singular of stoke

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stokes The move, which Iran said lacked legal basis, stokes tensions two months after the US bombed Iranian uranium enrichment sites, stalling nuclear talks with the US; the Europeans had set an end-of-August deadline for progress in negotiations. semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Other players find that tennis’s learning curve only stokes their interest. Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stokes
Verb
  • But Musk would get those shares only if the value of Tesla stock increases significantly in coming years.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But sending soldiers who are not well versed in policing increases the likelihood of mistakes.
    Luke William Hunt, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This consistent, on-demand support enhances employee satisfaction and accelerates return-to-work rates.
    Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe a romance accelerates or ends suddenly.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now, even if the AL and NL were to stay, realignment is going to have to happen anyway once MLB expands to 32 teams.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The film expands on the novel Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa, which in turn is based on the real life of Vivaldi who was a Roman Catholic priest and taught at the Ospedale della Pietà for almost 30 years.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The system is also compatible with high-performance photovoltaic cells, like gallium arsenide (GaAs), a compound semiconductor that boosts overall power conversion.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One 2023 study even found that attending live sporting events boosts life satisfaction and reduces loneliness as much as starting a new job.
    Todd Rogers, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, in occupations or roles where AI augments tasks, entry-level employment remained stable or even grew.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The butter, which has honey in it, raises a serious concern.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Exercise itself raises body temperature because of all the additional heat produced by the cellular work involved.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Stokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stokes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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