setting fire
Example Sentences
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This just in: Large numbers of American women are setting fire to their money.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Amir Ali Mirjafari was accused of setting fire to the Gholhak Grand Mosque and also of working with the Israeli espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
One man was arrested on Evia for allegedly deliberately setting fire to dried grass in the island’s Karystos area.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2023
Four days after Masha died, Nika was filmed at a protest in Tehran setting fire to her headscarf.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
The third for setting fire to her Housemistress’s false-hair bun, which, under duress, Rahel confessed to having stolen.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
