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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Smith's team also argues his allies fomented chaos in this uncertain time between Election Day and the race results.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s especially true for China, whose economic health at home and standing abroad are threatened by the global instability fomented by its revisionist partners.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s especially true for China, whose economic health at home and standing abroad are threatened by the global instability fomented by its revisionist partners.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Fomented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fomented. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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