catch fire
Example Sentences
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The idea was liable to catch fire between us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sodium-ion batteries of the kind used by Peak Energy can still catch fire, but are far less likely to, Mossburg says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In conventional battery packs, when one cell overheats and catches fire, it can cause all those around it to also catch fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said three tankers had abandoned an attempt to pass through Hormuz after an explosion aboard one of them caused it to catch fire.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But it will collapse andpossibly even catch fire in the oven, leaving you with a flat, burned souffle.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
