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Most are part of a healthy ecosystem, but a smaller group can thrive below the gumline, inflame the gums and drive diseases such as gingivitis and periodontitis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Club members have been reluctant to speak publicly about the dispute, fearing they could either inflame tensions within the membership or complicate the club’s court cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

He called on political parties to "condemn acts that deliberately inflame tensions".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

It’s easy to see how videos could inflame heated debates over managing such animals, in California and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

Rutherford had once been a famous caricaturist, whose brutal cartoons had helped to inflame popular opinion before and during the Revolution.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The mice missing girdin developed severe gut inflammation and an altered microbiome, and many died from sepsis, a dangerous condition caused by an uncontrolled immune response that inflames the entire body and harms vital organs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

A trove of his letters and essays at Fitchburg State University provide a glimpse at how an author’s life is affected when a book unexpectedly inflames a long-running war.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

Probiotic supplements may be used to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous infection affecting premature infants that inflames and kills intestinal tissue.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Former president Donald Trump, who inflames passions in both parties, stayed out of the state.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

Your pretty little camp inflames, Kelli had said.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

This decision inflamed conflicts that soon led to the Civil War.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

The characters are all in a continual state of collision, their shifting conflicts inflamed by Coriolanus’ arrogantly uncompromising nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

GAE is an outpatient procedure designed to ease chronic knee pain by reducing blood flow to inflamed areas within the joint.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Culver explained how it was "targeted directly at the police" and how the action inflamed and encouraged others in the crowd.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

First she inflamed the heart of Queen Amata, wife of Latinus, to oppose violently a marriage between her daughter and Aeneas.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

City leaders have previously resisted federal deployments, arguing they undermine local control and risk inflaming already tense situations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

But among those that the inquiry blamed were the colonialists in charge of the police for inflaming the situation.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

“It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation. No one is going to convince the other. The only communication should be the officers issuing commands.”

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

“All that...sunlight. It assaults the eye, is what. And it seems to be inflaming the populace.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill