combustible
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The campaign is playing out against an unusually combustible mix of economic anxiety, war, immigration battles, corruption concerns and unease over rapidly expanding artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
But reducing combustible materials close to buildings - like wood in the form of sheds, decking, even unused timber - could remove some of the fuel a fire needed to spread, Fogarty said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Other areas had gone without fire for more than 100 years, allowing dead wood, shrubs, and other combustible material to accumulate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Orson Welles observed that the duo’s combustible zaniness was so hilarious that it made you wet your pants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
By temperament, he was inherently impulsive, highly combustible, instinctively irreverent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Sales across the company’s combustibles unit, meanwhile, increased 6.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Different types of garbage - separated into combustibles, non-combustibles, and recyclables - are collected according to different schedules.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
It appears that combustibles were largely removed from the under-deck area, and the ember exposure of the deck was lessened because it faces the ocean, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
The company said the number of consumers of non-combustible products grew by 900,000 in the first quarter, but growth in the U.S. combustibles market staggered.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023
We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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