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combustible

[kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl] / kəmˈbʌs tə bəl /


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The 30-year-old is a combustible character who has struggled to control his emotions throughout his career.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The campaign is playing out against an unusually combustible mix of economic anxiety, war, immigration battles, corruption concerns and unease over rapidly expanding artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

In those circumstances, Fogarty said, relatively small sources of ignition could become much more dangerous, as a fire found dry vegetation and other combustible material.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Phase two, to be completed within five years, tackles the more extensive changes closest to the home, including the one-foot vegetation-free safety zone and replacement of combustible gates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Trains heading into Mexico City stop first in Lecherfa to leave any cars with combustible contents.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

In one small but noticeable departure from the before times, the same server takes orders for both comestibles and combustibles instead of having separate servers for food and flower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

The company said the number of consumers of non-combustible products grew by 900,000 in the first quarter, but growth in the U.S. combustibles market staggered.

From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023

Renaldo said workers were using blowtorches on the building’s exterior before the fire and that heat may have transferred through brick or mortar to the interior and ignited paper or other combustibles.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

But with battery fires, he said, “we go from no problem whatsoever to a fully involved fire. If there are any combustibles around that bike, they will be on fire in a second.”

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2023

We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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