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enkindles

verb

present tense third-person singular of enkindle

as in burns

to set (something) on fire see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs

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The report authors also looked at how climate change could play out differently if the world burns more or fewer fossil fuels and puts in place stronger or weaker policies.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Decades later, the fire lit by his first steed, a brown Schwinn Mag Scrambler, still burns bright.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

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While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.

— Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.

— Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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The painting itself even ignites uncertainty among art historians.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
In modern nuclear weapons, conventional explosives set off a fission reaction—the splitting of big atoms—whose intensity then ignites a fusion reaction that combines light atoms.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignites

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The city is bracing for triple digit temperatures this week as another heat wave scorches Central and Eastern Europe, driving fears that levels could drop even further.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
France followed its hottest-ever day with yet more brutal temperatures as a deadly heat wave scorches much of western Europe.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 June 2026

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Asthma is a chronic condition that inflames the airways and can make breathing difficult.

— Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2026
The episode inflames the diplomatic spat between the two countries that began over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026

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