Hopelessly naive, Velma quickly learns to play the game, concocting ever more elaborate lies to fan the flames of her notoriety. |
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She was not most angry that he had outfought her, though this did fan the flames of her rage. |
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Now Scotland on Sunday can reveal that the hut that helped fan the flames of devolution has itself been consumed by fire. |
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Portugal is battling its most devastating forest fires for a decade, as strong wind fan the flames. |
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He never eschewed an opportunity to rekindle the embers and fan the flames of friendship. |
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The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air. |
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Firefighters had been monitoring hotspots but there were worries that increasing wind might fan the flames. |
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The indiscriminate use of force will only serve to fan the flames of conflict for many years to come. |
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We will not allow ignorant splinter groups to fan the flames of sectarianism. |
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It will fan the flames that might unfortunately get in the way of civilized negotiations. |
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Russia cannot continue to fan the flames of antagonism between itself and the peoples around its most important export route. |
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With its system of mutual supervision of government action, the Council of Europe is not afraid, when necessary, to fan the flames repeatedly. |
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Supporters' clubs and football clubs must be made to take greater responsibility, as it must be said that they sometimes fan the flames. |
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We need to fan the flames of this passion for the World Cup and ensure the tournament is immaculately organised. |
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They are no longer in a position to fan the flames of tension, so the risk of violence has been to some extent reduced. |
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Hamas exploits the resulting Arab discontent to fan the flames of violence and war. |
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It has also served, and continues to serve, to buttress the powers that be, to generate exclusion and violence, and sometimes, as we are bound to recognize, to fan the flames of conflict. |
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Newspapers, TV and radio often fan the flames. |
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Sister Maria Kisito brought dried leaves to fan the flames. |
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Not a murderer who would further fan the flames of Islamophobia. |
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Because such ideas can fan the flames of hatred, particularly in economically deprived areas, it is our duty to warn of the illegality of homophobia and acts of racism. |
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Another round of reprisals and counter-attacks begins under pressure from the militia and extremist parties who encourage the racial hostilities and fan the flames of terror. |
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We believe-and no one can take away the legitimacy of this belief-that the war in Iraq will poison the region and serve to fan the flames of terrorism. |
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In free and stable democracies it is possible to pursue international trade that is predictable and that is of benefit to all but those who seek to fan the flames of corruption and dictatorship. |
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When the conflicts were first beginning, the people who started to stir up and fan the flames of ethnic discontent were in part using negative, hateful propaganda. |
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What is needed here is a clear and unambiguous stance so as not to fan the flames of anti-Americanism, but instead to maintain a good and proper relationship between Europe and America. |
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And the city's reputations, deserved or not, fan the flames. |
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Every effort should be made not to fan the flames but rather to calm the situation down by seeking out and building concrete and constructive partnerships. |
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She said such a war would not, as has been claimed, bring increased security but rather many new insecurities and would serve only to fan the flames of international terrorism. |
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Anti-Semites of all ages have adopted the Internet as the place to fan the flames of anti-Semitism. |
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Searingly blue-eyed boys Steve McQueen and Paul Newman fan the flames as America's tallest building turns into the best of the 1970s disaster movies. |
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