catch fire
Example Sentences
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The idea was liable to catch fire between us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The result, says founder and CEO Antonio Baclig, are battery cells that can’t catch fire at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The 54-year-old, who has lived in Lege-Cap-Ferret for 30 years, fled his home after watching his neighbour's wooden house catch fire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
All lithium batteries can uncontrollably heat and catch fire through a chemical chain reaction known as thermal runaway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
There was a blinding crimson flare from the corner of the workshop as the fog began to catch fire, sending up strangely angular tongues of violent red flame.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
