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to set (something) on fire
worried that lightning will kindle the forest in the drought-stricken nature preserve
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Recent Examples of kindling
Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
This environment resembled an overgrown forest cluttered with kindling and parched by drought.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Amazon has a firewood splitter that’s easy to use and creates perfectly sized kindling.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
The Street of Life display shows a typical blockade-era apartment, with a stove in the center of a room, windows covered by blankets to save heat and the leftovers of furniture used for kindling.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Some have turned out to be fragments, which is even more remarkable: The worse the specimen, the more likely it’s deemed kindling and thrown on the fire.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
This environment resembled an overgrown forest cluttered with kindling and parched by drought.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Amazon has a firewood splitter that’s easy to use and creates perfectly sized kindling.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
The Street of Life display shows a typical blockade-era apartment, with a stove in the center of a room, windows covered by blankets to save heat and the leftovers of furniture used for kindling.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindling
Noun
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Likely emergency authorities There is a clear precedent for Trump to invoke emergency authority to promote power generation and expand the nation’s fuel supply, Schwartz told clients in a research report published last Thursday.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters — At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, the country’s national emergency agency said.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Jan. 2025
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Nearby sits a small wood-burning stove, which should be sufficient to heat the home.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This specific timing seemed to be a clever nod to the racing numbers of Leclerc (16) and Hamilton himself (44), igniting a social media frenzy.—
Alex Harrington,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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News of the incident travelled around the globe, igniting outrage and sorrow.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or batteries.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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This launch debuted a more advanced, slightly taller version of Starship, known as Version 2 or Block 2, with larger propellant tanks, a new avionics system, and redesigned feed lines flowing methane and liquid oxygen propellants to the ship's six Raptor engines.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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Although Trump remains an advocate of U.S. energy dominance and independence, Alamariu expects this stance will help oil stocks more than oil prices.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
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He is praised for his energy and leadership savvy and coached San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy for four years at Iowa State.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Stray animals are also at risk of suffering from heat exhaustion during scorching summers.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid scorching the milk.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2024
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The power of PileMate in Sag Harbor is prominent, especially in wintertime.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that it may be forced to cut off power supply—with outages potentially lasting as long as 48 hours—in certain areas as a safety measure to prevent wildfires while the Red Flag Warning remained in effect.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Kindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindling. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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