Example Sentences

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The Cooleys gradually weaned Tyrell off his medications, feeling that the pills were fueling some of the wild behavior and masking problems that were better dealt with in talk therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

While TikTok is designed to show you what you want to see and keep you on the app for hours, I realized that I had my own reasons that were fueling this cycle of addiction.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

If XBB.1.5 were fueling a surge in hospitalizations, you’d expect the Atlanta area’s hospitalization rate to be worse than the Chicago area’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Sharply higher prices for staples and supply shortages were fueling pressure on households, they said.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2022

Warriors were now in place from every world where Lord Asriel’s rebellion had supporters; mechanics and artificers were fueling aircraft, loading weapons, and calibrating sights and measures.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman