kindled

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Among locals, his arrival has kindled hopes of an economic renaissance, but it has also stoked controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

For some in Dandong, North Korea's tentative reopening kindled hope of returning home.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The pair of reality TV stars who kindled a romance last year on “Love Island” Season 6 have called it quits, The Times confirmed Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Stoke Mandeville is now the permanent lighting point for all Paralympic torches, in the same way the Olympic Flame is kindled at Olympia in Greece.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

But she withdrew to her own bedroom, where a fire soon shone, kindled by her old nurse, Eurymedousa.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer