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"We came out at about 22:30, when the doors closed, and we walked down the road and it was all quite active with fire, ambulance and police, and building was well alight," Wikberg said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The second ship, registered in Palau, was set alight by the drone but its Turkish and Indian crew members have been rescued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

They can, however, tell commuters to stop disruptive behaviour, and those who refuse to cooperate may be asked to alight the bus or, in severe cases, face police intervention.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

On a summer night alongside the Colorado River, a line of telegraph poles is set alight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now onto the trail on all fours scampered a half-grown bear cub, round furry ears pricked and small deep-set eyes alight with curiosity in the sharp little face as he beheld the old dog.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Lindsay Hale’s husband, Kai, has been dead for only 12 weeks when she alights in a cold winter landscape that she no longer recognizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

McCartney’s musical time machine eventually alights on “Salesman Saint,” a reference to his father, Jim Mac, who died in 1976.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

When a butterfly briefly alights on a flower, fast action is essential.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

He never alights on an answer, but the search has prompted some of his best music to date.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

Her eyes are wide open, searching, and when her gaze alights on Vivian’s face, it is startling in its intensity, stripped of any pretense or convention.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

While I was visiting Cindy a few days later, a young cardinal alighted at the feeder and met our gaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The face the London tube driver's gaze alighted on looked uncannily like his own.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

It seems Gudegast and his cast of characters alighted for Europe with only a few ideas in place, and the tapestry of this world is not woven as tightly as the original.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024

Oksi bulleted down from the sky and alighted on the wooden box.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Earlier this year, China’s social media was alit with videos of jobless university graduates visiting temples to seek the blessings of the gods.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Just as the animal was nearly out of sight, it flew back upriver, alit on the water, and floated back down—over and over again.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023

More than 75,000 spectators attended the Matildas’ quarterfinal victory and the Sydney Opera House was alit in the yellow and green team colors.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

But of all the miracle works performed by the McDonald Corporation, you have alit upon two of the finest.

From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2020

Colonel Murphy ascended to the podium, looking as strong as ever, his eyes still alit with a sense of purpose.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Appalled by the incomprehensible waste—Hiroshima was still weeks away—he searched for precedent in myth and antiquity, alighting at once on the North African city of Carthage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

While the creations from independent L.A. brand Lucky Star Candle are technically burnable, I prefer to display them around my house like beautiful wax sculptures whose sole purpose is alighting aesthetic pleasure within me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Transport officials urged fans to travel by tram to St Peter's Square and Victoria but to avoid alighting at Deansgate.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023

Neither are his players, some of whom began their careers at higher-profile destinations before alighting to Pitt in search of opportunity.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams