as in to ignite
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What To Know The Border fire ignited on Thursday afternoon and quickly grew to encompass thousands of acres.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025 -
When water ran low during the Marshall fire in Colorado, which ignited in late 2021, officials rushed untreated lake water through the system to keep supplies up, researchers found.—
Mitch Smith,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Caldwell was fired from his job as a project manager at BCT Partners after a video of his insults went viral.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Both coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas were both fired during the season and Jeff Ulbrich finished 3-9 after becoming interim coach on Oct. 8.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Australia’s primary legacy on Bougainville is Panguna, a colossal, open-pit copper and gold mine that, while dormant, is still one of the largest on earth, and whose controversial operation kindled the Bougainvillean uprising.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Tunisians have tried to protest Saied’s authoritarianism, kindling hope among observers that the country might return to its democratizing trajectory.—
Sarah E. Yerkes,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Deflagrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflagrate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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