alight
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“And no matter what you find that will set your heart alight, you will find it here.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
They alight in a waterlogged Liverpool and discover the broken social factions that have cropped up in the wake of environmental collapse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Photos from the site of the crash showed rescue workers helping passengers alight the train, which had fallen off the rail tracks and partly tilted over the side of a cliff.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
It was set alight in the early hours of Thursday morning in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East, Victoria police said in a statement, describing it as a "suspicious fire".
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
“The advantage to this version of the simulation,” she says, her eyes alight, “is that he can act independently, and is therefore far more effective than a mindless soldier.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Fahrenheit 451
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