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Meanings of foment in English

Portuguese
fomentar
Catalan
agitar
Spanish
agitar

Try to stir up public opinion.

        fomentar
        Usage of foment in English
        1
        It is used to foment division and turn us against one another.
        Wired
        2
        He accused Washington of seeking to foment instability in the Middle East.
        Reuters
        3
        What about using your Groove Workspace to foment rebellion against the CEO?
        Wired
        4
        Protests continue in Bahrain as new displays of anti-government sentiment foment in Syria.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Schily believes right-wing websites, increasingly based in the United States, foment this violence.
        Wired
        6
        Who knows what sort of unrest you might foment among your fellow prisoners?
        Shift
        7
        There and in Berlin he attempted, without success, to foment a Marxist revolution.
        The house of wittgenstein: a family at war
        8
        But the live, virtual tools weren't only used to foment revolution.
        Wired
        9
        The hacking movement he helped foment was still in action after his exposure.
        Reuters
        10
        And leave you to foment civil strife and usurp unfranchised powers?
        The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
        11
        To foment revolution, with a drip-drip of snarky stories about corruption.
        Wired
        12
        Within three years that notion would foment into a pop apotheosis.
        The Guardian
        13
        Riel, the leader, escaped, to return later and foment another outbreak in 1885.
        The Stamps of Canada
        14
        They told me to foment the back of my head with cold water.
        The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
        15
        Sabotage is a species of guerrilla warfare, designed to foment the class struggle.
        Problems in American Democracy
        16
        Maduro calls Guaido a U.S. puppet who is trying to foment a coup.
        Reuters
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