arson
Example Sentences
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“I don’t think he has any motivation right now other than arson and chaos,” Wilson told MSNOW’s Ali Velshi last week.
From Salon
“I encountered six to eight rekindles during my career and each time the local battalion chiefs showed up to try and convince the investigators it was arson.”
From Los Angeles Times
Lancashire Police said the fires had been investigated as potential arson, but no definite cause had been identified.
From BBC
Top Israeli officials, including the Prime Minister, pledged a crackdown after an arson at a West Bank mosque last week.
He said the case formed part of a "breadth of activity" by Russia, including incidents such as the Salisbury poisonings in 2018 and an arson attack in London in 2024.
From BBC
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