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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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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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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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
Verb
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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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Trump has now set about torching the whole arrangement.—
Scott Rosenberg,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Warriors’ 6-foot-4 combo guard came off the bench three Finals ago in the Bay’s last great championship run, torching Boston to the tune of 13.2 points, 1.8 boards and 1.8 assists over six games.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
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With the same milky blue water as the Blue Lagoon and a fraction of the crowd, these are the hot springs of your dreams, fed from a bore hole at a scorching 266 degrees before the water cools to between 96 and 104 degrees.—
Maggie Fuller,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hedges hit his ninth and tenth home runs of the season on Saturday against Indiana, continuing his scorching start to the season.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Kindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindle. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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