ignited

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The towering stainless steel rocket, standing taller than a 30 story building, ignited all 33 of its engines and climbed into the sky.

From Science Daily • Jul. 11, 2026

The blaze, dubbed the Grande fire, ignited at 2:20 p.m. south of the 126 Freeway, east of Lake Piru.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026

A further furor was ignited over federal investigators excluding state and local agencies from participating in an investigation.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Jones's interest in the natural world began with birds, but his passion for peatland was ignited at age eight during a drizzly visit to Cors Caron, a national nature reserve near Tregaron.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

The Butterfly moved it in a quick arc, and with a speed I wouldn’t have thought possible, that flickering speck of light leaped from that lighter to the wall of the ship’s passageway and ignited.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin