set fire
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To prevent this, he says, we must “block the arsonists on both sides at a distance: those who set fire to people’s souls, the incendiaries of the mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Earlier this year, he called 911 after seeing a man set fire to vines hanging from the freeway’s sound wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
On 17 July, part of the Rustic Stomp festival near Wareham, Dorset, was destroyed by a fire that started when a camping stove set fire to a tent.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"We've set fire to four points from two home games," said Rosenior.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
She set fire to them page by page in the ashtray, but new letters came almost every day.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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