fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
have fuelled
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present perfectof fuel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Luke thinks these kinds of social media groups have fuelled his temptation to keep checking his son's location on a tracking app "to make sure he is going out enough and finding friends".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Both policies have fuelled inflation in the United States, which has remained above the Fed's long-term two-percent target for more than half a decade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The AI-driven cyber-attacks have fuelled calls for tighter safeguards and oversight of the technology, over concerns about the risks posed by increasingly powerful autonomous systems.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Second-quarter net profit rose to 1.27 billion euros from 929 million euros in the first quarter, despite the company having no assets in the Middle East, where hostilities have fuelled higher crude prices.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
His personal identification with romantic heroes such as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet seemed to have fuelled not just musical inspiration but his crazed, desperate infatuation with a Shakespearean actress, Harriet Smithson.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
