combustible
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Knicks fans—a combustible bunch at the best of times—were calling for the first-year coach to be fired, for expensive stars to be shipped off, and for the roster to be torn down and reassembled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
But despite Segel and Weaver’s best efforts, they can’t make this bickering duo deliciously awful, the characters proving more grating than hilariously combustible.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
McCraney has a way of drawing the best from actors in tight combustible spaces and Mann has a long history with Fugard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, combustible but extraordinary in unison.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
By temperament, he was inherently impulsive, highly combustible, instinctively irreverent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing combustible
Automobiles
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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The Great Fire
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