set ablaze

Example Sentences

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Navy—and at one of America’s allies, the United Arab Emirates, where an oil transit hub was set ablaze.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The ambulances owned by Hatzola were set ablaze in Golders Green in the early hours of Monday, leading to an investigation led by the Metropolitan Police's counter-terror unit.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The oil wells set ablaze in Kuwait in the 1990s during the first Gulf War took months to extinguish and released an estimated 130 to 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The only burning vehicles were a group of autonomous Waymos set ablaze on Sunday evening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Maybe I had been infected by the smell of evergreen boughs being gathered into piles and set ablaze in celebration of Tehlu’s triumph.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss