fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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They will be fuelling themselves on a record of failure, of being tipped in recent years and faltering, no setback more galling than defeat in Cardiff last year.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011