ignite

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Even the hype of this week’s flagship GPU Technology Conference failed to ignite a rally; instead, the stock has breached a long-term technical floor.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

In these regions, practices such as draining peatlands for agriculture, clearing forests, and converting land for development have made peat soils far more likely to ignite.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Together, they ignite a passionate romance that traverses decades and endures brutal separations, wars and time travel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Takaichi also benefited from a poor showing by the newly formed Centrist Reform Alliance, which united two opposition groups to challenge the LDP but failed to ignite voter enthusiasm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Subsequent efforts to align musical pace with horological time, however, failed to ignite general enthusiasm; indeed, others were still attempting to match musical pulse with less scientific external sources.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall