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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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
His is just one of many experiences that is fuelling diplomatic tension and threatening to rupture relations between South Africa and other countries on the continent.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
These regions have seen relatively recent gains in gender equality, and experts say this environment is fuelling men's hunger for manosphere content.
From BBC ● May 27, 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
