kindle
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They also kindle an intrinsic human hope for redemption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Let’s rededicate ourselves to add more light in honor of those murdered in Sydney. Let’s come out proudly to public menorah lightings, and make sure to kindle our own menorahs at home.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
And if you love "Discovery," its devotion to showcasing those who long felt unseen in this franchise may kindle that affection.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2024
Nia Gachon, who has lived in Nantes for 18 years, said the arrival of Welsh people in the city will kindle interest in historical links.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
They were to be “ferocious in battle ... magnanimous in victory,” and to kindle the “light of liberation” in the eyes of the children.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
Even today, after decades of air travel that dehumanizes passengers, Saarinen’s structure elicits delight and kindles old hopes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
But still she employs him as her speechwriter and romance inexplicably kindles.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019
And the Sterling-Risa romance kindles with a slow dance to a jukebox tune.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
They gather from morass and mountain, They gather from prairie and mart, To drink, at young Liberty’s fountain, The Nectar that kindles the heart.
From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various
Meghan and Prince Harry kindled a romance in 2016 at that year’s edition of his veteran-centered Invictus Games, held in Orlando.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
A gift of screenwriting software from girlfriend Zinzi -- now his wife, production partner and mother of their three children -- further kindled his ambition.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
In Andrew’s case, any sizable number of individual conversations with the man would have kindled a wildfire of republicanism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The pair of reality TV stars who kindled a romance last year on “Love Island” Season 6 have called it quits, The Times confirmed Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
A few torches had been lit, and a fire kindled in the great hearth, but most of the hall remained in darkness.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
A history of fire suppression and bans on indigenous cultural burning has also allowed more kindling to accumulate on the forest floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
An ash tree in my yard dropped a limb and reduced my fence to kindling.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
We matter as much to him as a firestorm cares about kindling.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
But just as some trees and plants withstood the Eaton and Palisades fires, others went up like kindling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
“You been mighty natural and considerate,” the mother said to the younger children later when she went to the woodpile and called them to pick dry kindling for a quick fire.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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