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petrol

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nourishment

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provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

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provide with fuel

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take in fuel, as of a ship

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stimulate

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Shifting boundaries further and further to glamorise and sensationalise a culture of sex and violence for selfish gains leads to a progressive addiction; it adds fuel to the fire of our negative traits.
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The teenager adds fuel to the fire when he comes home from a concert drunk.
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The fact that most of the Diablo Valley skate rs are relatively unknown just adds fuel to the fire.
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The tiny morsel offered during "Me and My Shadow" (which also includes Williams cheekily ad-libbing, "[We're] closer than Ricky to confessing he's gay") only adds fuel to the fire.
Swing When You're Winning. (Music review: swing out, sister: Robbie Williams's tribute to Sinatra-era music shows the sexually ambiguous Brit singer to have the nerve if not the voice)
It adds fuel to the fire to see those red sell tickets pouring down onto the floor.
Futures shock
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