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ignite

[ig-nahyt] / ɪgˈnaɪt /


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Find some great video clips of amazing shots to ignite their imaginations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Those launches helped ignite strong interest in the category among Chinese consumers.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

In these regions, practices such as draining peatlands for agriculture, clearing forests, and converting land for development have made peat soils far more likely to ignite.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

When Chalamet recently said "no-one cares" about ballet or opera any more, he clearly wasn't expecting people to care enough about the remarks to ignite a furore.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

He shows us how to keep the slow match burning by blowing the ash off of it every few minutes, and how to use it to ignite the gunpowder.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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