alight
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The force said: "A container was allegedly set alight deliberately causing extensive damage to the container and its contents."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“The big question mark for me is what’s going to happen in Asia,” she says, adding that what would really set the stocks alight would be a recovery in Chinese travel numbers.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Minutes later we are rushed away as the commandos prepare to set the lab alight – destroying the crop, and the chemicals.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
They alight in a waterlogged Liverpool and discover the broken social factions that have cropped up in the wake of environmental collapse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Thin and tired, hopeful, happy—and hungry, his remarkable face alight with expectation—the old warrier was returning from the wilderness.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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Fahrenheit 451
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