alight
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“And no matter what you find that will set your heart alight, you will find it here.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Police said a track switch was set alight near Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
It was set alight in the early hours of Thursday morning in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East, Victoria police said in a statement, describing it as a "suspicious fire".
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
At the peak of the fire, 100 containers were alight in four different compartments of the ship, according to Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Adam VanGerpen.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Motion caught her eye, and she spotted a small bird hovering among the flowers, flitting from one to the next to alight on the longest petal, thrusting its beak into one after another.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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