On D Day the first wave of motorized equipme was fuelled on the beach.
They were ground into submission by an inspired Glasgow side, who were fuelled on a high-octane blend of pride and adrenaline.
Doubts about his guilt were fuelled on Friday, when it was revealed that Dr Richard Fuisz, a businessman and CIA asset, gave a sworn statement implicating Palestinian militants.
Fears that Britain's house price boom is already accelerating uncontrollably were fuelled on Friday by figures from Nationwide that showed prices in London at a new high.
CNN, the New York Post and others ran headlines about the Boston marathon bombing that later proved false, probably because speculation had been fuelled on Twitter and Reddit, a social news site.Conscientious reporters will examine users' past posts to see if they have obvious political biases and to check that they are where they claim to be.
Speculation over the extent of an alleged paedophile ring at Westminster 35 years ago was fuelled on Wednesday by the discovery of a Downing Street file listed in the National Archives catalogue as "Security - allegations against former public [missing word] of unnatural sexual proclivities; security aspects 1980 Oct 27 - 1981 Mar 20".
And Mr Brown has ruled out plans for cross-border trains heading to and from the north of Scotland to stop at Edinburgh for a change-over, adding that there would be further consultation with transport police on cutting anti-social behaviour, which can be fuelled by alcohol, on services.
However, any appetite for further devolved powers doesn't seem to be fuelled by what's going on in Scotland.
"Feed a cold and starve a fever" is a notion that dates back at least to the Middle Ages, when it was believed that maladies induced by cooler temperatures needed to be "fuelled" with fodder, and those brought on by heat were treated by starving the body of energy.
Jostling within the Taliban leadership is likely to be fuelled by the expected release on Saturday of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar after three years in Pakistani detention.
