ignited

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• He tested the reactions of various materials—in trying to see whether camphor would ignite, he burned off his eyelashes and eyebrows.

• Knowing that nature is dying ignites in me a preemptive nostalgia and the urge to stock up on outdoor experiences, like canned beans in a pandemic.

• Senior running back Jake Funk helped ignite the offense with 221 rushing yards, more than he had ever accumulated in an entire season.

• The outbreaks ignited a citywide epidemic that prompted the government to enforce even stricter lockdown provisions.

• Three of the four largest wildfires in state history have ignited just since July.

• His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement.

• That action ignited protests that rocked Wisconsin and spurred a recall—only the second recall of a governor in U.S. history.

• The weight of both decisions ignited protests across the land.

• Before long, the methane ignited and the entire store blew up.

• Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.

• In 1829 an English chemist discovered that matches on which had been placed chlorate of potash could be ignited by friction.

• A portion of the precipitate supposed to be a fatty acid was in a porcelain spoon.