ignition
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But he is looking at the wrong ignition source.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Everything is tinder dry and when you've got a wind behind that, and we've got a source of ignition, it will spread beyond what people could even recognise," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A few 9s to keep the ignition crew humble.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It has emerged from decades of fire suppression, the abandonment of rural landscapes, shifts in agricultural policy, growing human ignition sources and increasingly dangerous fire weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He didn’t even turn the ignition off—the engine was still gasping as we pried up the side panel of the bonnet with the tin opener on Etienne’s Swiss knife.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Projects have included blocking irrigation canals to help restore wetlands, strengthening firefighting capabilities, and stepping up efforts to prevent accidental human ignitions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Greek firefighters faced another day of battling flames in high-risk conditions for new ignitions on Friday as France and Spain hoped for reprieve from massive infernos that blackened swathes of terrain.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
For starters, there’s just not a lot of scientific evidence demonstrating which techniques effectively limit ignitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
Efforts to manage excess vegetation in fire-risk areas, as well as advances in preventing ignitions, fire detection and fire fighting could help reduce the number and severity fires in future.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
The other two sets were still in the ignitions, but the first two were missing.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing ignition
Inferno Lingo: Fire Vocabulary
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Elements of the Universe: Ign, Igni ("Fire")
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Long-Awaited Words from Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman"
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