Stoking in a sentence

Around the world, from Central Europe to East Asia, Soros has been accused of stoking immigration, backing coups, sponsoring protests and seeking to push a multicultural agenda.

For the most part, Rep. Gonzales’ colleagues seem unbothered by stoking hatred and violence.

Great Britain responded with military rule and other sanctions on Massachusetts, stoking American opposition to colonial rule.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of stoking tensions ahead of Saturday’s demonstrations, after she branded pro-Palestinian demonstrators "hate marchers" and accused the police of bias for letting the rally go ahead.

Just hours before Tuesday’s meeting, firefighters battled a house fire in Olowalu that threatened to spread to neighboring properties in gusty conditions, stoking fears of another disaster.

Kosovo attempts to exercise sovereignty over its whole territory; Belgrade responds by stoking unrest using the ethnic Serbs in the north as its proxies.

More Democrats than Republicans backed the bill for its final passage, stoking anger among hard-line conservatives who say it raises questions about the speaker's loyalty to his own conference.

Mortgage costs in the UK and several other nations have risen sharply, stoking fears of a property crash.

Musk on Wednesday agreed with a post on X that falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people, saying the user who referenced the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory was speaking "the actual truth".

Riots in Dublin this week have highlighted growing social tensions in Ireland, with political leaders and others blaming far-right agitators for stoking unrest over increased immigration in recent years.

Rishi Sunak is facing intensifying calls to sack Suella Braverman for stoking tensions ahead of Armistice Day protests, with Sir Keir Starmer accusing the Home Secretary of spawning “hatred and distrust”.

The campaign was one of a flurry in recent weeks intended to build support for the war at home in Russia while stoking opposition to it abroad.

The Chinese vessel eventually abandoned the Filipino fisherfolk at sea, stoking a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

The report, released this spring, came as several prominent U.S. officials trusted with some of the nation’s most highly classified intelligence experienced public lapses, stoking calls for resignations and debate about Washington’s aging leadership.

The restrictions reflect continuing concerns at the White House and Pentagon about stoking Russian anger over the West’s involvement in the war or triggering a wider conflict.

Analysts have said the BSP would likely stay in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve to avoid pressuring the peso and stoking inflation, which sizzled to 3.7 percent year-on-year in March, beating the February reading of 3.4 percent.

And they are, in my view, purposefully stoking division when we should be pulling people together.

A presidential election is stoking internal tensions in a polarized society, and uncertainty, resentment, and mistrust are everywhere.

As shipping costs and supply chains get disrupted alongside higher oil prices, all of this risks stoking the inflation fire for the time being.

But as GDP growth has lagged population growth, unemployment has crawled up, stoking fears of a recession.