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New Delhi’s recent measures only provide more kindling.
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Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2019
At least as long ago as the time of Confucius, and possibly earlier, Chinese households used concave mirrors to focus sunlight onto kindling to light cooking fires.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Our tester found that this Hearth & Hand chiminea has a small opening that allows for the quick creation of fire with very little kindling required.
—Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
For Ward, the kindling of that relationship started in the film room this spring, continued this summer and will keep going from when fall camp starts on Wednesday all the way until the season begins on Aug. 31 against the Florida Gators in Gainesville.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2024
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Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2019
At least as long ago as the time of Confucius, and possibly earlier, Chinese households used concave mirrors to focus sunlight onto kindling to light cooking fires.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Our tester found that this Hearth & Hand chiminea has a small opening that allows for the quick creation of fire with very little kindling required.
—Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
For Ward, the kindling of that relationship started in the film room this spring, continued this summer and will keep going from when fall camp starts on Wednesday all the way until the season begins on Aug. 31 against the Florida Gators in Gainesville.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2024
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“Kindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindling. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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kindling
noun
kin·dling
ˈkin-(d)liŋ 
: material that burns easily and is used to start a fire
Medical Definition
kindling
noun
kind·ling
ˈkin-dliŋ
: the electrophysiological changes that occur in the brain as a result of repeated intermittent exposure to a subthreshold electrical or chemical stimulus (as one causing seizures) so that there develops a usually permanent decrease in the threshold of excitability
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