ignite
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It is not a surprise that a summer of change at both clubs has failed to bring immediate results - but they need to ignite their season.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
That loss has made way for invasive annual grasses that ignite more easily, increase erosion and leave less water to soak into aquifers, Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
During severe droughts, these normally wet landscapes can dry enough to ignite.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
"El Nino does not ignite fires. It creates the dry conditions that allow human-started fires to escape and become very large," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
I felt the clothes on my back ready to ignite.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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“When you see someone, and you’re excited, or you’re angry,” Suwinyattichaiporn said, “it ignites a similar part of the brain.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The companies had asked Newsom to strengthen a framework that he and lawmakers created in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy after their equipment ignites a catastrophic fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Shin may be trying to remove fuel before the room ignites on its own.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Known as a 'gentle giant', Raducanu says Richardson also has a fiery side that ignites the competitive spark in her.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Behind him, over Evreux, a wall of clouds ignites once, twice.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The city of La Verne issued evacuation orders Tuesday after a hazardous lithium-ion battery fire ignited at a Metropolitan Water District of Southern California facility, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The cause was likely a hydrogen leak near the airship’s tail, ignited when a buildup of static electricity generated a powerful spark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Since the launch of ChatGPT ignited the AI revolution, Berber has broken dozens of major stories on the industry's biggest players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
We put the rocket, this one named Auk XXII-C, nose-down inside the tube and ignited it.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Gardner-Johnson stepped into frame and reeled in the interception, returning it 41 yards and igniting the crowd at the just-opened Highmark Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The deal was paid in large part by funding from insurance companies they owned with Guggenheim, causing controversy but also igniting a wave of interest from private-equity firms to tap in to sports cash flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The fire then spread quickly, igniting plastics, equipment and bins.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Already some of those embers were landing in his yard and igniting the grass and leaves.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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