How to Use arson in a Sentence
arson
noun
- The town has suffered a rash of arsons.
- The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks.
- The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson.
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The rumor in the camp was the fires were acts of arson.
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Paloma Esquivel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Oct. 2023
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The most deadly fire erupted near the scene of the arson.
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Babak Dehghanpisheh,
Washington Post,
25 Oct. 2022
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The grocery store footage showed Murray buying an item left at the scene of the arson.
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oregonlive,
14 Sep. 2022
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There was no evidence that the arson was a result of a hate crime.
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Jireh Deng,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Nov. 2023
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She was being held on a charge of arson, a first-degree felony.
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Michelle Del Rey,
San Antonio Express-News,
29 Oct. 2022
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Malls are up in flames, while reports of looting and arson have emerged.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
8 May 2023
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The fire was ruled an arson, and the case remains unsolved, NJ.com reports.
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Corin Cesaric,
Peoplemag,
20 Oct. 2022
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After the fire, Ms. Morawski was charged with arson and burglary and was held in jail in Newark.
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Tracey Tully,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2023
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The share price has fallen 6.5% since last Monday’s close, the day before the arson attack.
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Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2024
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Hayes was convicted of the same charges with the exception of arson, which he was found not guilty of.
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Corin Cesaric,
Peoplemag,
19 May 2024
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He was booked into San Diego Central Jail on four counts of arson.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2023
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My mother had set her house on fire, the friend told me, and was being held in county jail on charges of Felony arson.
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TIME,
9 May 2024
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In order to clear her name, Sister Holiday sets out to solve the mystery of the arson.
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Jim Ruland,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2023
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Detectives from the sheriff’s bomb/arson unit are looking into the origin and cause of the fire.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2024
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The Hendersons were among the arson victims who packed the courtroom awaiting the verdict.
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Alex Mann,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2023
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Police said the man was charged with arson and evading arrest.
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Raul Trey Lopez,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
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The feeling now is the same—except, along with the arson, I’d also be faced with having to take a crash course in learning French.
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Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
23 Sep. 2024
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But ballot access rules don’t exactly jump off the screen, so the arson won out.
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Eric Schultz,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Aug. 2023
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To go with their finding of arson, agents had a name of a possible suspect.
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Megan Rose,
ProPublica,
23 Sep. 2022
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In its request for restitution, the legal team used a precedent set through the arson of a 100-year-old church.
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Lyndsie Bourgon,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Sep. 2022
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Kathryn Bassignana, 34, and Cruz Rivas, 37, are both charged with arson.
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Jacob Beltran,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 June 2022
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Officials say the fire started Wednesday in Chico due to an act of arson.
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Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2024
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No one was injured, and the woman was arrested and charged with arson.
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Neelam Bohra,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2022
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Pádraic’s act of arson came as payback for the death of his beloved donkey, Jenny.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2023
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By the evening of May 27, largely peaceful protests grew more violent, with looting and arson around the city.
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Christian Paz,
Vox,
7 Aug. 2024
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He’s since been charged with two counts of murder, one count of kidnapping, two counts of arson of property and two counts of first-degree burglary.
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Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
14 Nov. 2024
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Investigators have said the fire may have been accidental, not an act of arson.
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Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
29 Nov. 2024
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