as in to burn
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 kindle
His killing kindled a fiery outpouring of resentment toward U.S. health insurance companies, as Americans swapped stories online and elsewhere of being denied coverage, left in limbo as doctors and insurers disagreed, and stuck with sizable bills.
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Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
The house grows more crowded, new loves get kindled, old loves get renewed, and O’Connor is forced to do a Scrooge-like about-face when he gets reacquainted with those less fortunate than him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
That played helped jump-start the offense, and later in the same drive, the threat of Fields keeping the ball on the zone read helped Warren burst into the end zone to snap the Steelers’ touchdown-less skid and kindle the rally.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Gill says he’s come to realize how many people count on their shows to kindle their Christmas spirit.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
The house grows more crowded, new loves get kindled, old loves get renewed, and O’Connor is forced to do a Scrooge-like about-face when he gets reacquainted with those less fortunate than him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
That played helped jump-start the offense, and later in the same drive, the threat of Fields keeping the ball on the zone read helped Warren burst into the end zone to snap the Steelers’ touchdown-less skid and kindle the rally.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Gill says he’s come to realize how many people count on their shows to kindle their Christmas spirit.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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Advertisement California Officials investigating whether Southern California Edison equipment ignited Hurst fire Jan. 12, 2025 Investigations into the cause of blazes as large and intense as these L.A. fires often take months, if not longer.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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Powerful winds have been largely to blame for turning wildfires that ignited last week into huge infernos that leveled whole neighborhoods around the city.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Residents lit the lot with car headlights and a fog of wildfire smoke settled thickly on the intersection.—
Mel Buer,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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The dinner begins at sunset, and when night falls your table is lit by moonlight and twinkling lights.—
Caitlin Palumbo,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Yes, but: If terminated, Norris receives pay and benefits for six months unless he's fired for specific reasons outlined in the contract, including willful dishonesty or fraud.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Once Firefly's lander separated from the Falcon 9, the rocket jettisoned the canister, performed a brief engine firing to maneuver into a slightly different orbit, then released ispace's lander.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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Still, this week’s California fires, while on track to be the costliest in U.S. history, are far from the largest, even in the state—a record held, per CAL FIRE, by the 2020 August Complex fire that torched more than a million acres.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Hurst Fire had burned more than 770 acres and was 37% contained, and the Eaton Fire had torched nearly 14,000 acres and was 3% contained, according to Cal Fire.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Eaton Fire, which sparked Tuesday near Pasadena, had scorched a total of 13,690 acres and damaged at least 5,000 buildings as of Friday afternoon.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Jan. 2025
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As the worst disaster raged around them, hired hands kept working to pay the bills Jan. 9, 2025 By Thursday, neighborhoods still smoldered for miles up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, more than 5,000 homes and businesses scorched.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Kindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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