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Witnesses said the fire may have been started by a power line that fell and set scrubland alight but there was no official confirmation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Multiple homes were set alight, including a house on Lendrick Street in east Belfast belonging to a man in his 30s, who said he had lived there for 10 years.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

He said residents should pour water on loose embers if close to their properties and "don't hesitate to call 999" if they catch something alight.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

As he strapped his shoes to the footboard and began to lace his feet into the shoes, Stub McMillin, his face alight, said, “OK, this boat is going to fly now, boys.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Lindsay Hale’s husband, Kai, has been dead for only 12 weeks when she alights in a cold winter landscape that she no longer recognizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

McCartney’s musical time machine eventually alights on “Salesman Saint,” a reference to his father, Jim Mac, who died in 1976.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

He never alights on an answer, but the search has prompted some of his best music to date.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

“A flying boat doesn’t land — it alights on water,” van der Linden said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

He sees the thank-you note first—“Awwww, Jupes!”—but when his gaze alights on the bracelet, the smile falls from his face and he looks at you.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Rangers' search for a replacement quickly alighted upon Gerrard, who was of interest to club's American owners in the summer, before a number of issues resulted in him withdrawing from the running.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

It seems Gudegast and his cast of characters alighted for Europe with only a few ideas in place, and the tapestry of this world is not woven as tightly as the original.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024

Apparently, once we had left, the ravens had alighted together.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

A flock of ruby-crowned kinglets alighted in the top of the big hemlock.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Earlier this year, China’s social media was alit with videos of jobless university graduates visiting temples to seek the blessings of the gods.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Just as the animal was nearly out of sight, it flew back upriver, alit on the water, and floated back down—over and over again.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023

More than 75,000 spectators attended the Matildas’ quarterfinal victory and the Sydney Opera House was alit in the yellow and green team colors.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

But of all the miracle works performed by the McDonald Corporation, you have alit upon two of the finest.

From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2020

When he got to the water trough, Matt alit and filled it from the pump as Tam Lin had always done.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

A premise that had sounded a bit ridiculous—a trout mistaking my cast for an alighting insect—had been proven real.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Transport officials urged fans to travel by tram to St Peter's Square and Victoria but to avoid alighting at Deansgate.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023

These days, Lacey divides her time between Brooklyn and Mexico City — during the pandemic, she left a relationship, sold her home and cast about before alighting in Mexico City, almost on a whim.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

Neither are his players, some of whom began their careers at higher-profile destinations before alighting to Pitt in search of opportunity.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

“I saw a red dragonfly winging along and finally alighting on the wall right in front of me,” he remembered.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin