Example Sentences
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The family-friendly hallmark of the women's game has been critical to its growth in England, whose back-to-back victories at the European Championships in 2022 and 2025 ignited an explosion of interest.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Police were looking into an accident that ignited the blaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 2019, the Kincade fire in Sonoma County, which destroyed hundreds of homes, was ignited by an idle transmission line owned by PG&E.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ms. Willetts runs through various examples to make her case that the “organized rebellion” fostered by nightclubs often ignited cultural change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It went high into the air, ignited, then parachuted slowly toward the ground, lighting the entire area.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
