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
All told, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield started the year low, burst higher amid signs that inflation would be more stubborn than expected, then tumbled in the summer as inflation fears subsided and the unemployment rate rose to a level that kindled recession fears.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Fayetteville, Arkansas — Behind every great teacher there is a great mentor who long ago kindled a passion for education.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
The unequal toll of COVID-19 kindled a national conversation about health disparities.
—Pria Anand, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.
—Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Fayetteville, Arkansas — Behind every great teacher there is a great mentor who long ago kindled a passion for education.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
The unequal toll of COVID-19 kindled a national conversation about health disparities.
—Pria Anand, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.
—Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindle
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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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Officials said both fires were ignited by human activity and neither were contained as of Monday night.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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This is particularly the case in healthcare, where a singular experience ignites a passion to fix a very real problem.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Engage Your Senses In a shared office environment, playing loud music or lighting a scented candle is frowned upon.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Think of those who sit in the dark and wait for their time, hoping and waiting for a light to light their path.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Smith stressed that no shots were fired during the incident.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
29 Mar. 2025
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On the last day of the season, when the apprentices had been winnowed from 16 to two, then-emcee Donald Trump fired Annie on national television in favor of the comedienne Joan Rivers.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Schumer torched both Trump and the continuing resolution (CR) in an NYT op-ed explaining his decision but argued that Trump would only seize more power in a shutdown and distract attention from the policy failures that are hurting his popularity.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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The four fires combined to torch about 600 acres across the Pine Barrens in Suffolk County, according to County Executive Ed Romaine.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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The study, published in the journal One Earth, offers the most comprehensive look yet at the problems of extreme heat inside homes in Miami-Dade, which handles its scorching temperatures differently than other places around the nation.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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More news: Fire scorches 24K acres, blanketing region in smoke and disrupting traffic to Florida Keys Wildfire in South Florida Fire officials in Florida have been working to stop the blaze that has scorched thousands of acres between Miami and the Florida Keys.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Kindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindle. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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