set on fire
Example Sentences
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Sir Keir Starmer was meeting leaders from the Shomrim security group and Hatzola, a Jewish medical charity, whose ambulances were set on fire in an arson attack last month.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
A 25-metre high wooden structure is set on fire at the Nikola Lanivets art park in Russia's Kaluga region as part of celebrations for Maslenitsa.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Masli responded by dreaming up a ritual involving a sock that was set on fire in symbolic purgation of burdensome resentments.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
Not much mention is made of Alexandria’s library—first set on fire accidentally by Julius Caesar and damaged fatally over the ensuing years—or its epic lighthouse, one of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Of course, nobody ever knew how the dump was set on fire.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
