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In 2018, progressives helped elect Stephen Muchovej, the first out gay member of the Bishop City Council, who said he got into politics because he believed Trump was stoking anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

Susana Munoz, 62, a retiree, meanwhile said the rise of Milei was a reflection of upheaval globally, where high inflation, conflict and migration was stoking divisions.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2023

Hindenburg responded saying the group was stoking a nationalist narrative to obfuscate the fraud allegations.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

But he said a housing shortage was stoking some resentment.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021

The boy I’d seen in the last dream was stoking the bellows, except he was taller now, almost my age.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan