Example Sentences

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Mr Holmes said the situation in Gaza was so bad that even though smuggling tunnels to Egypt were fostering a "gangster economy", the situation would become unsustainable if they were blocked.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2010

Meanwhile, however, others were fostering the elegant industry.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

They little thought, or perhaps little heeded the dangerous sensibilities they were fostering.

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington