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
A Ukrainian man who is accused of setting fire to the prime minister's house told police he had never heard of Sir Keir Starmer, the Old Bailey has heard.
From BBC • May 6, 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
The goddess Hecate danced in her wake, setting fire to their enemies with two blazing torches.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
