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After two wet winters fueled the growth of grasses and brush — ideal kindling for fires — across SoCal mountains and hillsides, the last few months saw an abrupt shift to record-dry conditions.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
And so Lively’s allegations against Baldoni were never going to be seen as brave, but, rather, as the kindling for a culture war.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
After two very rainy years, brush on the hillsides of Los Angeles had a chance to grow – into lots of kindling.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
So, your family members may have older resentments that acted as kindling.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
And so Lively’s allegations against Baldoni were never going to be seen as brave, but, rather, as the kindling for a culture war.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
After two very rainy years, brush on the hillsides of Los Angeles had a chance to grow – into lots of kindling.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
So, your family members may have older resentments that acted as kindling.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Kindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindling. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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kindling
noun
kin·dling
ˈkin-(d)liŋ 
: material that burns easily and is used to start a fire
Medical Definition
kindling
noun
kind·ling
ˈkin-dliŋ
: the electrophysiological changes that occur in the brain as a result of repeated intermittent exposure to a subthreshold electrical or chemical stimulus (as one causing seizures) so that there develops a usually permanent decrease in the threshold of excitability
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