start a fire
Example Sentences
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Chilean police announced on Thursday the arrest of a third person in the country's wildfire-ravaged south who they said was deliberately trying to start a fire.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
“Now everything is so wet it is hard to even start a fire with wood,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
“It is kind of a dry lightning setup where you get the lightning that could start a fire but not the rain that would put it out,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
"We get wood, start a fire, make dough, put it into portions, let it rise. This is what we're doing now. This process takes at least three hours," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
He could gather twigs and start a fire.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
