ignite
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Her hope is the Dutch move will ignite support closer to home.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
A California wildfire bill aimed at paying survivors faster and limiting compensation for executives at electric companies that ignite destructive infernos unexpectedly died in the state legislature Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
If anyone could sway these men and ignite their passion, Burnham knew, Root was the one.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
Shin may be trying to remove fuel before the room ignites on its own.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
For many though, especially those with living memory of conflict and the atomic bombings, any shift away from pacifism ignites fear.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
A spark ignites a fuel-air mix, pushing down the piston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In the chaos, I let my heat-lantern get too close to one of the hanging dresses and it ignites.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The report said a mattress in a lower flat bedroom ignited, and a lithium battery then caused the fire to spread rapidly.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Three months after the fire first ignited, heat is still being detected beneath the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The collision on the narrow two-lane highway ignited a fire that engulfed the 17-passenger mid-sized commercial shuttle bus, which had a 50-year-old driver and five passengers onboard, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
When he reached absently for his wand to remove the smudges, it ignited the parchment.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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AI agents may give everyday shoppers an edge, but the technology is igniting an even more intense tug of war over consumer dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 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
Officials last year said cleanup would proceed slowly, because of the risk of igniting another fire while removing the thousands of charged batteries that remained on site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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
Emma was perched on the edge of her bed, elbows on knees, tearing sheets of paper from a notebook and igniting them between her fingers.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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