kindling
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A history of fire suppression and bans on indigenous cultural burning has also allowed more kindling to accumulate on the forest floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
An ash tree in my yard dropped a limb and reduced my fence to kindling.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
We matter as much to him as a firestorm cares about kindling.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
But just as some trees and plants withstood the Eaton and Palisades fires, others went up like kindling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Jojo came staggering back, this time with a pile of kindling higher than his head.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
Their previous album, II, had kindlings of groove but Multi-Love is lit up by it like a fairground at night.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2015
Cut into pieces, the apple tree can be carpentered into a table, or at the least its kindlings will give off a splendid flame.
From Time Magazine Archive
Which of the following natural fine kindlings will not reliably ignite?
From Time Magazine Archive
Now the smoke was simply pouring out, not only out of the paper but out of the kindlings, too.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
There was a sawhorse, and there were three different-sized woodpiles, one of big pieces, one of middle-sized pieces, and one of little pieces for kindlings, all ranked perfectly.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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