Example Sentences

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But it’s the lack of transparency and the 11-month delay in reporting the reading that has fomented community mistrust and raised questions regarding the military’s competency to safely clean up the polluted shipyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

As happy as I am for my brother, this has fomented a sense of desperate loneliness in me.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

Moscow rejects Kyiv’s allegations that is has fomented the conflict and denies having forces in eastern Ukraine.

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2021

Among Caribbean immigrants, the city’s health commissioner, Dave Chokshi, told me, skepticism about the vaccine has fomented around concerns that it will endanger fertility.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

Embodying the demand of his owner, Jeffrey Lurie, for a coach with emotional intelligence, Doug Pederson has fomented a locker-room culture that empowered players to flaunt their personalities.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018