stoked

• There's a lot of chatter going on around about the possibility of a version of Apple's iPhone coming out for Verizon Wireless--stoked by recent reports of the two companies discussing how to make such a thing happen.
• Then the fires in the pits had to be stoked, the surplus fat drained off, and the mountain of burning corpses constantly turned over so that the draught might fan the flames. —  Commandant of Auschwitz
• Their anger stoked, their worldview becomes increasingly skewed as they links up with others in cyberspace who share their sentiments. —  The Jawa Report
• Exploiting the very climate of fear that he himself stoked, and arguably, his own party caused, he waged war on what he believed was a longtime gathering threat: capitalist America. —  American Thinker
• Truckee's James McMaster and Sam Spursel should also be stoked, as second - and third-place finishers each take home two tickets to Sugar Bowl. —  Sierra Sun - Top Stories

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