as in increasing
to make greater in size, amount, or number
hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company
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Recent Examples of stoking
Security video footage posted to Barrera’s Facebook page shows someone igniting and stoking flames inside the car, then fleeing before the vehicle is engulfed and eventually explodes.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
President Masoud Pezeshkian has said protesters’ concerns should be addressed, while hard-liners have issued stern warnings and claimed foreign agents were stoking the unrest.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … GOVERNOR GAMBIT – Pennsylvania's Shapiro kicks off re-election campaign, stoking 2028 presidential talk.
—FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The ministry does not see higher taxes on these items stoking smuggling and growth of grey market.
—Satviki Sanjay, Bloomberg, 1 Jan. 2026
Over the Christmas hols, the band did a Weverse livestream further stoking the passions of the ARMY.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Lawrence is playing the best football of his five-year NFL career, figuring out the nuances in coach Liam Coen's offense and stoking his connection with deadline trade addition Jakobi Meyers.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The accusations served his domestic purposes, stoking nationalist resentment and justifying his pivot toward Moscow.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Every new disclosure only fans the flames, either feeding the public’s righteous anger over elite impunity or stoking suspicion that the public is being misled or not told the whole truth.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
President Masoud Pezeshkian has said protesters’ concerns should be addressed, while hard-liners have issued stern warnings and claimed foreign agents were stoking the unrest.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … GOVERNOR GAMBIT – Pennsylvania's Shapiro kicks off re-election campaign, stoking 2028 presidential talk.
—FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The ministry does not see higher taxes on these items stoking smuggling and growth of grey market.
—Satviki Sanjay, Bloomberg, 1 Jan. 2026
Over the Christmas hols, the band did a Weverse livestream further stoking the passions of the ARMY.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Lawrence is playing the best football of his five-year NFL career, figuring out the nuances in coach Liam Coen's offense and stoking his connection with deadline trade addition Jakobi Meyers.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The accusations served his domestic purposes, stoking nationalist resentment and justifying his pivot toward Moscow.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Every new disclosure only fans the flames, either feeding the public’s righteous anger over elite impunity or stoking suspicion that the public is being misled or not told the whole truth.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoking
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Still, mainstream Democrats and the Democratic Party seemed inclined to hitch their fates to many of the issues which currently define a politics of domination, like threatening Venezuela or increasing ICE funding, even though for the first time, more voters want to abolish ICE than to keep it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the increasing state support comes amid a dramatic overall decline.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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Over the years, Harold’s Chicken grew far beyond its original location, expanding into a regional brand with restaurants across eight states.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Mitsubishi is looking to capitalize on rising power needs from data centers, manufacturing, as well as LNG exports, by expanding in the the world's largest gas market, citing domestic consumption, production, exports, and further demand growth.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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Despite re-accelerating growth while expanding its AI narrative, NET has failed to convert fundamentals into durable upside.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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But for large industrial firms—for OEMs of turbines, compressors, chillers, heavy machinery—the real value is in accelerating engineering itself.—
Paul Eremenko,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Identifying genes associated with muscle growth, as well as pharmaceutical targets, could mean that drugs or gene therapy may eventually be able to assist with boosting muscle response for people who cannot exercise.—
Bonnie Tsui,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
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Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies on his first day in office with a spate of executive orders aimed at boosting oil, gas and coal.—
Jennifer McDermott,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Liquidating talent is a short-term accounting trick; augmenting talent is a long-term growth strategy.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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On his last record, Reduction of Man, Jaffe inverted his approach, triggering events for his group to respond to rather than augmenting his own playing.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
20 Dec. 2025
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At the same time, venture capital money poured into AI startups with many raising funds at high valuations and little product.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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Type One is also in the midst of raising a $250 million Series B at a $900 million pre-money valuation, according to sources and later confirmed by the company.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Stoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoking. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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