start a fire
Example Sentences
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The submarine vanished on November 15, 2017 after reporting that seawater had entered the ventilation system, causing a battery on the vessel to short-circuit and start a fire.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
“Now everything is so wet it is hard to even start a fire with wood,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Police said an emergency dispatcher received a call shortly before 7 a.m. about a man trying to start a fire in the parking lot of the Banfield Pet Hospital at 5380 Ralston St.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
"We get wood, start a fire, make dough, put it into portions, let it rise. This is what we're doing now. This process takes at least three hours," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
“You ever notice how when you start a fire, the memory of exactly how it burned stays with you lonnnnnnng after you extinguish it?” he says, staring through the window.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
