fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
is fuelling
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present progressiveof fuel (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The slow-moving storm is fuelling up on extremely warm waters caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon and is the season's third category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She says: "Each meal I'm having there's a reason behind and everything that's in it there's a reason behind... I know what I'm putting in my body is fuelling me, recovering me, energising me."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Samsung agreement is fuelling labour demands in other sectors across South Korea -- with workers in industries from biotech and autos to shipbuilding asking for a larger share of corporate profits through bonuses.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
"It is not the prospect of giving renters these vital rights that is fuelling record homelessness, but the gross injustice of no-fault evictions," said Shelter's Mairi MacRae.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
