inflame
Example Sentences
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"But their intervention when it came did little more than inflame tensions," she said.
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In reaction to Erdogan's comments, Somaliland's foreign ministry said that Turkey, which has in recent years become an important geopolitical player in the Horn of Africa, should refrain from inflaming regional tensions.
From BBC
Her approach, it was claimed, "inflames rather than calms a situation" and "creates a culture of fear and anxiety".
From BBC
IgAN causes the small filters in kidneys to become inflamed and excess protein in urine, known as proteinuria.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Walz, both Democrats, had urged the federal immigration authorities to leave the state to avoid inflaming tensions even more.
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