Example Sentences

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However, the proposed agreement has been fomenting a quiet backlash from some figures in the labor movement in recent weeks.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2016

The sleeve revolution has been fomenting for a few years now.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2011

So our canny skipper set to work his crooked wits, and for weeks he has been fomenting a rebellion of the port watch.

From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman