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They also kindle an intrinsic human hope for redemption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

And if you love "Discovery," its devotion to showcasing those who long felt unseen in this franchise may kindle that affection.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2024

“That’s a very statesmanlike response, and a reason to kindle hope, if he hadn’t said it directly into a scoop of mint chip.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

Nia Gachon, who has lived in Nantes for 18 years, said the arrival of Welsh people in the city will kindle interest in historical links.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023

Overhead, I hear the trilling of birds calling to one another as they roost for the night and see glowing lights kindle in hollow knotholes as sprites come awake.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

But still she employs him as her speechwriter and romance inexplicably kindles.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019

Clowders of cats — and kindles of kittens — are drearily cliche, but cat chowder was a delightful — if unintended — bit of comic relief.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2018

And the Sterling-Risa romance kindles with a slow dance to a jukebox tune.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2018

Then the Princess's eyes looked around in search of the pigeon, and when they lighted on the Prince's head they kindled as the grey sea kindles at sunrise.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

And after rapper Aitch came on the channel, rumours circulated it had kindled a real-life relationship, although neither ever confirmed this.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

A gift of screenwriting software from girlfriend Zinzi -- now his wife, production partner and mother of their three children -- further kindled his ambition.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

In Andrew’s case, any sizable number of individual conversations with the man would have kindled a wildfire of republicanism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

The ultralow rates, along with other government stimuli and zero-commission trades, kindled a new generation’s interest in the markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Before him stooped the old figure, white, shining now as if with some light kindled within, bent, laden with years, but holding a power beyond the strength of kings.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Wildfires are raging across southwestern Europe after prolonged, record-setting heat waves and low rainfall effectively turned the region’s vegetation into kindling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

An ash tree in my yard dropped a limb and reduced my fence to kindling.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

We matter as much to him as a firestorm cares about kindling.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

It was the excess on show on the social media accounts of politicians' children that provided the kindling for Nepal's Gen Z uprising last year.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Next to the girl, he assembled the kindling just the way he’d done a thousand times at home.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman