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kindling

[kind-ling] / ˈkɪnd lɪŋ /
NOUN
material for starting a fire
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Out of a party of four’s $500 dinner bill at Kindling Chicago....

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Kindling that cultural connection and familiarity is also what drives vendor Mayra Sibrian of Selva Central Goods, which aims to expand people’s perception of pan dulce, or sweet breads.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Kindling the lifetime ahead of us, and the thousands of ways that I will gift her my passion for food.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2021

The Gabfesters then review the inaugural issue of Kindling Quarterly, the magazine that aims to fill the void of parenting-related content for the fathers of the creative class.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2013

He saith that the Wood upon the Walls is v. injured from the Redcoats & that the Balustrades be taken for Kindling.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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