ignite
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The sequence typically begins near the equator, where drought helps ignite peat fires in Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Families should anticipate these disparities and discuss them openly before they ignite resentments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
That loss has made way for invasive annual grasses that ignite more easily, increase erosion and leave less water to soak into aquifers, Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
They open their second Champions League campaign under Unai Emery at Club Brugge on Tuesday aiming to ignite the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Clearly the dinner was a weapon meant to ignite enthusiasm and show the easterners that Chicago fully intended to follow through on its grand boasts about the exposition.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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“When you see someone, and you’re excited, or you’re angry,” Suwinyattichaiporn said, “it ignites a similar part of the brain.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The companies had asked Newsom to strengthen a framework that he and lawmakers created in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy after their equipment ignites a catastrophic fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It said the inflaters—a component that ignites and rapidly fills an air bag during a crash—were likely imported illegally into the U.S. and put inside air bags that were then sold online as aftermarket replacements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Shin may be trying to remove fuel before the room ignites on its own.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
But it’s only in the rare instance that such an exchange ignites a word-of-mouth epidemic.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The report said a mattress in a lower flat bedroom ignited, and a lithium battery then caused the fire to spread rapidly.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Three months after the fire first ignited, heat is still being detected beneath the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The collision on the narrow two-lane highway ignited a fire that engulfed the 17-passenger mid-sized commercial shuttle bus, which had a 50-year-old driver and five passengers onboard, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
I am Cinna’s bird, ignited, flying frantically to escape something inescapable.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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AI agents may give everyday shoppers an edge, but the technology is igniting an even more intense tug of war over consumer dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Xcel has said its equipment was likely involved in igniting the blaze, but the utility disputes that it was negligent in maintaining and operating its infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The fire then spread quickly, igniting plastics, equipment and bins.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
That way, the American public would know Hitler had a long reach, igniting fear, panic, and prejudice.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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