start a fire
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Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against 'any activity that could start a fire'
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Theoretically, making a bet could give someone the perverse incentive to start a fire, or help one grow.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
But now we were having to save the funnies indefinitely, and sometimes the newspaper got taken to start a fire with before I could tear out the page.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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