- present participle of ignite.
igniting
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Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting, increased to 39% Friday evening, according to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
The deal was paid in large part by funding from insurance companies they owned with Guggenheim, causing controversy but also igniting a wave of interest from private-equity firms to tap in to sports cash flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Trans-earth injection meant igniting the command module’s engine to cause us to speed up enough to break the moon’s tug of gravity and send us on our way back to earth.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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