ignite
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"Sometimes in conservation, you need small wins... to ignite a movement," said Phillip Kuvawoga, senior director of conservation at the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
He called for: "A spark that can ignite recovery, rebuild confidence and reconnect people with a community that understands them."
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
Once their cores become hot and dense enough, hydrogen fusion will ignite, transforming them into fully fledged stars.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
He bet that fast growth wouldn’t ignite inflation, and he was right.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
If it doesn’t ignite itself when it’s tapped or passed, we can trigger it from here.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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