stoking

present participle of stoke

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stoking The main use of the internet by these terrorist groups – incentivizing and radicalizing supporters and stoking fear with propaganda – is something bin Laden would have had to do with videotapes played by the news. Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025 Including in a defining moment on Sunday, one that will be a lot more about stoking the present and future than making amends for the past. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 There is mounting concern about governments' abilities to service rising debt levels without stoking inflation. Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 But some residents complained they weren’t provided enough information about the project, which became a cause celebre for Republicans who led the way in stoking fears about the prospect of communist infiltration, given the Chinese ownership of the plant’s parent company. Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 Lawmakers’ housing allowances which are said to be 10 times the country’s monthly minimum wage at a time when tax hikes, layoffs and inflation have hit lower-income Indonesians, have been key to stoking public anger. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025 Simultaneously, immigration constraints are tightening labor supply, curbing potential output and stoking wage pressures. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 On that occasion, a 2015 visit to New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly, then-President Barack Obama criticized Putin in a speech for annexing Crimea and stoking aggression in eastern Ukraine. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025 Ben-Gvir, convicted in Israel on at least eight charges, including supporting a terrorism organization, does not shy away from publicity and has a history of stoking outrage. Emily Feng, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoking
Verb
  • By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now the Icon Class family is expanding, with three equally hefty sister ships.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An artisan pizzeria with South Beach roots is expanding across the state.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Global interest in the technology is accelerating as Italy has approved a demo line between Venice and Padua.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Access to these solutions will enable Komatsu to optimize safety and energy efficiency, while increasing overall productivity, accelerating product development, and enabling large-scale decarbonization.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Deploying chatbots to handle routine customer queries, for instance, allows human agents to focus on complex issues, boosting both efficiency and experience.
    Nitesh Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These updates are aimed not only at boosting sales through faster service and better in-store experiences, but also at restoring the kind of profit margins the coffee giant enjoyed before the Covid pandemic.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What makes OutRival unique is its commitment to augmenting human capacity rather than cutting corners.
    AJ Thomas, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That product was built from the ground up around AI and was possible only because of AI, as opposed to augmenting an existing product with AI.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window, and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
  • There were times when raising kids, building careers, and paying bills felt overwhelming.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Stoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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