81.   The exercises followed the recent incursion by a North Korean submarine into the South, which fuelled tensions on the Korean peninsula.

82.   The four-day crisis fueled tension in this South American country still marked by four decades of military rule that ended three years ago.

83.   The incident occurred amid a reported British crackdown on illegal fishing around the South Georgia islands that has fueled new tensions between Britain and Argentina.

84.   The four-day crisis fueled tension in this South American country still marked by four decades of military rule that ended just three years ago.

85.   The massacre, blamed on Hutu rebels, has further fueled ethnic tensions in Burundi, which has teetered on the edge of wholesale civil war for three years.

86.   The massacre, blamed on Hutu rebels, has further fuelled ethnic tensions in Burundi, which has teetered on the edge of wholesale civil war for three years.

v. + tension >>共 395
ease 16.21%
defuse 7.54%
reduce 6.93%
raise 5.55%
heighten 5.47%
create 4.03%
increase 3.73%
escalate 2.29%
cause 2.15%
inflame 1.78%
fuel 1.74%
fuel + n. >>共 692
speculation 8.32%
inflation 4.49%
growth 4.20%
concern 3.49%
fear 3.11%
tension 2.09%
demand 2.01%
rise 1.75%
debate 1.65%
gain 1.58%
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