fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
was fueling
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past progressiveof fuel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Nilton Tubino, appointed by Lula's government to lead operations to protect Indigenous territories, told AFP that a "new gold rush" was fueling illegal mining across the Amazon.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
I assumed nostalgia was fueling the desire to give these Golden Age musicals a makeover.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
In the aftermath of 9/11, the process was fueling a kind of perpetual emotion machine without an off switch.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
Aubrey Ackerman, who was fueling up her Mazda CX-5 on Thursday, spends about $70 to fill up her tank.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths has warned that the war was fueling "a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions" in Sudan and that several diseases, including malaria, measles, and dengue fever, were on the rise.
From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2023
