sparked

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The students' complaints have sparked national outrage and brought the education board's digital evaluation system under the scanner.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

In Orange County, the near-catastrophe was sparked by thousands of gallons of a highly toxic chemical in a failing pressurized chemical tank that was heating up at a Garden Grove aerospace firm, GKN Aerospace.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Rapid advances in AI systems since text generator ChatGPT's 2022 breakthrough have sparked a gold rush for tech companies.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The prospect of a strike had sparked wider concerns in South Korea, where Samsung Electronics alone accounts for around 12.5 percent of gross domestic product and memory chips make up about 35 percent of exports.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

That sparked their eighty millionth argument about Ella attending the Arcanum Training Institute for Marvelous and Uncanny Endeavors.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton