setting fire
Example Sentences
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This just in: Large numbers of American women are setting fire to their money.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Amir Ali Mirjafari was accused of setting fire to the Gholhak Grand Mosque and also of working with the Israeli espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
A second man was arrested in the Larissa area in central Greece, also for allegedly deliberately setting fire to dried vegetation.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2023
In the John Lewis advert, Excitable Edgar is seen accidentally melting a child's snowman, setting fire to Christmas decorations, and burning through an ice rink, creating a hole.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
The goddess Hecate danced in her wake, setting fire to their enemies with two blazing torches.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
