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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
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Gasoline station owners, fuel distributors and others began to press state officials to cut gasoline taxes or provide some other relief given the huge unused revenues.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
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The strategic use of AI can be an accelerator to help build on the momentum of other workforce strategies and fuel growth.Christie Simons, Forbes, 7 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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Advertisement The burning ban stems from Senate Bill 705, legislation signed in 2003 that aimed to phase out agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley by 2010.Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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Engineers determined that the lander ran out of propellant after a software error caused the spacecraft to hover too long before making its final descent to the lunar surface.Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
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Pale Blue’s thruster uses water as a propellant, which potentially offers a cleaner and more sustainable fuel for small satellites.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Then factor in your activity level (from sedentary to very active) to estimate your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE)—the calories needed to maintain your current weight.David Faris, Newsweek, 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
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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 21 Jan. 2025.
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