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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
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2024
The dry conditions and high temperatures of late summer following a wet winter that produced lots of kindling created an environment where fires can spread rapidly, making our actions more significant than ever.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 July 2024
There's some seating and a wood-burning stove, as well as a storage area with a trashcan and kindling and other assorted supplies.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 24 July 2024
Stan Everhart looked out from his backyard in Sun City Lincoln Hills and saw an open field — green and lush in the rainy seasons and more like dry kindling in the summer, peppered with a few trees along the horizon and the occasional rabbit sprinting through.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
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For Ward, the kindling of that relationship started in the film room this spring, continued this summer and will keep going from when fall camp starts on Wednesday all the way until the season begins on Aug. 31 against the Florida Gators in Gainesville.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2024
The dry conditions and high temperatures of late summer following a wet winter that produced lots of kindling created an environment where fires can spread rapidly, making our actions more significant than ever.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 July 2024
There's some seating and a wood-burning stove, as well as a storage area with a trashcan and kindling and other assorted supplies.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 24 July 2024
Stan Everhart looked out from his backyard in Sun City Lincoln Hills and saw an open field — green and lush in the rainy seasons and more like dry kindling in the summer, peppered with a few trees along the horizon and the occasional rabbit sprinting through.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
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In 1999, when Hugo Chávez rose to power in Venezuela, his government took care of providing fuel to Cuba at preferential prices, and the blackouts dissipated.Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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More From Newsweek Vault: Learn About the Best High-Yield Checking Accounts Estimates vary for the exact amount that fuel prices will increase.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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But in July, the local agencies received word from the Forest Service that contractors could no longer provide aerial supervision over fires burning on federal land.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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The methane-burning BE-4s, each one generating 550,000 pounds of thrust, continued boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere for another three minutes or so before shutting down.William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Lingering closures aside, Big Santa Anita Canyon has come a long way since the Bobcat fire started in early September of 2020, igniting near the Cogswell Dam and burning almost 116,000 acres.Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Public Works department has been subject to significant scrutiny since its employees were found responsible for accidentally igniting the Airport fire.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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While SpaceX normally recovers first stage boosters for refurbishment and reuse, the three core stage boosters and the rocket's second stage needed all of their propellants to accelerate the Clipper to the required Earth-departure velocity.William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Aluminum, which makes up about 8% of the metals found in the Earth's crust is already used in solid rocket propellants.New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Oct. 2024
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In 2020 the country promised to build 1,200 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, roughly the same electricity generating capacity of the whole United States.Julia Simon, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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Warmer waters send more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, triggering wetter conditions in many areas and supercharging the Pacific hurricane season.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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An unprecedented heat wave is scorching parts of the western United States at the start of October with record-breaking temperatures and lingering excessive heat alerts expected to last into the weekend.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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One of the most common mishaps when cooking is burning your food and/or scorching your pans.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Another area where both the administration and Congress have power to ease regulation is on the issue of permitting reform.Li Zhou, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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By law, Israel, as the occupying power, has the responsibility to provide education.Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Kindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindling. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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