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My outfit, which seemed drab mere moments ago, is suddenly impossibly chic, elevated to high fashion by the completely insane amount of kindling in my arms.
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Maeve Dunigan, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
When more sparks hit more kindling, conflagrations will grow.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The first season follows the reunion between these two characters, who went to grade school together, and their kindling of a romance that grows to be each of their first loves.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 May 2025
But then Littlejohn speaks, Zooming in from Big Mac in his red prison shirt, and Hood feels some spark of hope kindling.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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Maeve Dunigan, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
When more sparks hit more kindling, conflagrations will grow.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The first season follows the reunion between these two characters, who went to grade school together, and their kindling of a romance that grows to be each of their first loves.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 May 2025
But then Littlejohn speaks, Zooming in from Big Mac in his red prison shirt, and Hood feels some spark of hope kindling.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Kindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindling. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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