kindling
Example Sentences
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Last month, Unesco recognised it as a Creative City of Gastronomy - adding it to a select list of global cities and kindling hopes that it will spotlight Lucknow's sublime food.
From BBC
He set the children to gather kindling wood for the campfire.
From Literature
Adding kindling to the social media firestorm, other X users resurfaced previous clips of B. Simone noting that she preferred men who were entrepreneurs over those who worked 9-to-5 jobs.
From Los Angeles Times
California has tens of millions of dead trees to serve as kindling for the next mega-fire, yet no single entity has sufficient authority or resources to address the threat.
From Los Angeles Times
But just as some trees and plants withstood the Eaton and Palisades fires, others went up like kindling.
From Los Angeles Times
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