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

Milei’s post-midterms victory speech kindled hope for less chain saw and more coalition building over the next two years, Stock says.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

A stint in Toronto kindled her desire to fly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

The medieval monuments that dotted Baharampur, the city he grew up in, kindled his interest in history and he pursued the subject in college.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

A light emerges, a light not kindled, Werner prays, by his own imagination: an amber beam wandering the dust.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr