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These attacks fire up the Democratic base and raise doubts among voters that he doth protest too much.

Instead, they were able to win a major consolation prize -- turning the spotlight on an issue that fires up their base.

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A flush of money from these new investors has fired up some 43 start-up IPOs this year till the beginning of November.

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Four firefighters rushed to the jammed floodgate and struggled to fire up a backup generator.

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Penchukov says that it was business troubles and the constant payouts to Ukrainian officials that led him to once again fire up his laptop and get back into the cyber-crime life.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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