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combustible

[kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl] / kəmˈbʌs tə bəl /


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One of the reasons he did not was he thought their characters would clash, that the relationship would be too combustible.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The campaign is playing out against an unusually combustible mix of economic anxiety, war, immigration battles, corruption concerns and unease over rapidly expanding artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

During a second-round match between two of tennis’ most combustible personalities, Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe, chair umpire Frank Hammond penalized and eventually defaulted Nastase for his behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The beetles strip plants of their leaves, leaving combustible woody stems, he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Trains heading into Mexico City stop first in Lecherfa to leave any cars with combustible contents.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Sales across the company’s combustibles unit, meanwhile, increased 6.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

That includes cleaning your gutters, removing any combustibles from around your house, making sure that embers can’t enter into your roof or your other cavities within your building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

The company said the number of consumers of non-combustible products grew by 900,000 in the first quarter, but growth in the U.S. combustibles market staggered.

From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023

Renaldo said workers were using blowtorches on the building’s exterior before the fire and that heat may have transferred through brick or mortar to the interior and ignited paper or other combustibles.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey


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