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fomented

verb

past tense of foment

as in provoked

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would "foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation"

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Recent Examples of fomented Zelenskyy isn’t the first to assert that the drone operation, which targeted data centers belonging to the Russian technology company Yandex, has cut down on spam and disinformation campaigns fomented by Russian bot farms. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 13 Oct. 2026 Newsom has started two podcasts of his own, and has fomented a reputation as one of the more media-savvy members of the Democratic Party. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 His politically reluctant widow now finds herself both its leader and a victim of the conspiracy mentality Kirk fomented. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 The global crisis in the supply of Patriot interceptors was fomented by their liberal use in the Gulf, in March and April, often to counter relatively cheap Iranian drone attacks. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 Kennedy and his Make America Healthy Again movement called for the loophole to be closed and fomented public distaste for chemical-laden foods. — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026 Miners gather at Marmet News of Morgan’s rejection of the UMWA’s demands fomented calls to march on Mingo county. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 The proposal is backed by the populist Swiss People’s Party, which has the most seats in parliament and has for years thrived off and fomented an isolationist streak in Switzerland. — Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 10 June 2026 The rigidity of the big cable bundle and its ever-increasing price has fomented consumer frustration for decades. — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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Sectarian violence made religious mobilization increasingly unattractive, while foreign occupation provoked an awareness of Iraqi nationhood.

— Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Even in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world, the scale of the killings in such a short space of time has provoked shock.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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