Example Sentences

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The device’s current was set high and may have been igniting a confluence of neuronal pathways; that also meant Becky’s batteries were going fast.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 14, 2018

Blood-filled parasites trapped in amber have been igniting imaginations since the 1990s, when the resurrected dinosaurs of Jurassic Park burst out of Michael Crichton’s novels and onto the big screen.

From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2017