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By the time Nirvana released “Nevermind” in 1991, rock’s underground rebellion had been fomenting for years, and certainly not just in Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Per�n named, by name, three offending bishops and 21 priests who, he said, had been fomenting antistate activities; he promised to "take action against these people ..."

From Time Magazine Archive

Rachel had been fomenting her face for the toothache and was lying down.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

For some weeks, certain pure spirits had been fomenting the small beer of civil war, and in spite of vaticanation, it broke out at last, and was a rash proceeding.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

Nor was the Latin war, which had been fomenting for several years, any longer deferred.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus