kindle

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The author visits public and charter schools, meeting teachers who despair at their inability to kindle even the slightest interest in young people whose curiosity has been extinguished by the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The Club World Cup may have had a lukewarm reception in some parts during the group stages, but Manchester City did their best to kindle interest with a statement victory over Juventus on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

If that doesn’t kindle at least a bit of fear and empathy in your heart, you’re either a mogul or a trust fund baby who has never struggled to pay the bills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The get-together didn’t kindle much bonhomie between the media executives, who had been friendly in the clubby world of TV news.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

If a colony was to be founded, the colonists carried with them coals from the hearth of the mother-city with which to kindle the fire on the new city’s hearth.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton