kindling

But in those circumstances, short sellers provide dry kindling for a conflagration because when the stock jumps, they race to buy it at any price and return borrowed shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

It’s another adaptation from the video game that signals the kindling of the relationship between Ellie and Dina.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

That for stealing pumpkins from a field, and for kindling a fire in a dwelling they three shall be seated in the stocks from one hour before the Lecture till one hour after.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Their previous album, II, had kindlings of groove but Multi-Love is lit up by it like a fairground at night.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2015

Which of the following natural fine kindlings will not reliably ignite?

From Time Magazine Archive

Cut into pieces, the apple tree can be carpentered into a table, or at the least its kindlings will give off a splendid flame.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the smoke was simply pouring out, not only out of the paper but out of the kindlings, too.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

She was so interested in imagining the piles and piles of kindlings she would cut that she forgot to listen to what Mother and Daddy said next.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen