| 单词 | tinder |
| 例句 | The violets were good tinder and soon greasy clouds of smoke were billowing high into the air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The tinder burned all right, but that was as far as I got. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea where Gebu kept his fire drill and tinder; they had not turned up in any box or chest in his room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He wrapped up the tinder and slipped it back into his coat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But a torch was thrown onto the pile of books and tinder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But when he took out the piece of tinder, it was no more than a stub, smaller than a candy bar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The giant's hair went up faster than dry tinder, spreading down his head and across his body until the heat of the bonfire made Hazel wince. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was crowded with abandoned quills, a rusty tinder box, and a few coins and pound notes, which I was sore tempted to take. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella expected to see fire in Mr. Spencer’s eyes, fire like the flames that had made tinder of his house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In some cases, the medical system may intensify the outbreak, like a lens that focuses sunlight on a heap of tinder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cook gave me four, along with tinder and flint. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Working methodically, she shaved some dry tinder, set the fire, and struck a match. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As soon as that piece of tinder is consumed—that stick at the edge of the fire—your son is destined to die.’” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was that sort of feeling in your head when you think about how the air feels on your skin and how the sidewalk sounds tinder your feet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then tinder hits flint, a hiss splits the air, and a moment later, a torch catches fire with a whoosh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The trees and shrubbery of the woods were already half dead—a tinder- box ready to light up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The wood has been neatly arranged, expertly interspersed with tinder, but it has never been lit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z So, armed with tinder, flint, and a striker, I slip out of my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One false move, and Leo could incinerate the piece of tinder that controlled Frank’s life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I clicked steel and flint together, even though I couldn’t see the tinder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time on the island, Piggy himself removed his one glass, knelt down and focused the sun on tinder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With flint, steel, and tinder, he made a fire, which he told me to stoke with bits of wood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Eric bent down and blew softly again till the patch was bright Sam poked the piece of tinder wood into the hot spot, then a branch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When he struck the lighter to the rich tinder the fire crackled instantly and he knew that it would not last long. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He used gasoline in the lighter and it burned with a frail blue flame and he bent and set the tinder alight and watched the fire climb upward through the wicker of limbs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When the temperature dropped below freezing near Mount Hood, Frank had brought out the piece of tinder and held it in his hands, imagining how nice it would be to have some fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As unwieldy as Mars’s spear was, the piece of tinder was worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Brian set aside the tinder and found some dry pine twigs, as small as matches. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember the last time I saw a fire started with flint and tinder. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank turned the piece of tinder in his fingers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He wanted her to keep the piece of tinder safe. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She found the flint box—no sulfur matches here—and lit the neatly laid tinder and logs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z After setting a legitimate Boy Scout state record in friction-fire ignition, he broke his record by soaking his tinder in gasoline and mixing it with match heads, causing a small explosion. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Frank thrust the tinder at the last shackle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then Johnny got out, struck tinder, and lighted the lantern he had found in the chaise. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had told me that if I ran out of tinder, I should burn cloth, and use the charred ashes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The tinder was still charred on one side from where Frank had used it to burn through the icy chains that had imprisoned the god Thanatos in Alaska. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I dug out the embers from the ashes of the kitchen fireplace and laid tinder on them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could shave some tinder off it, and there were always Bonneville’s notes, five volumes of them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She learned how to set the tinder in place so that the wood caught fire as quickly as possible; she learned how to breathe gently on the first sparks to coax them into flame. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Sam had struck a spark into the tinder, it kindled the dry grass and a flurry of flame and smoke went up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Any further incident of police brutality would be tinder for this media fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I jump and drop the flint and striker to the ground, barely keeping hold of the tinder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She took the vegetables she raised, flint and tinder, a machete. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I fumbled with the flint and tinder until a spark jumped, and I built a respectable blaze. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly there had to be something for the sparks to ignite, some kind of tinder or kindling—but what? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something about tinder and kindling and oxygen, then she’s arranging some bigger hunks of wood that came from who knows where, and pulling a box of super-long matches out of Scoob’s bag. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z With the knife, he split some tinder from one of the splintered planks and set a fire on the grass. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He had also given me a little purse to put it in, and some tinder to catch the sparks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I even hit the tinder with the sparks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The piece of tinder was almost half gone now. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Being handy with flint and tinder he soon had a small blaze going. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Normally his tone would have sparked a tinder in me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben looked at the fire I’d laid out, then picked up a leaf, mumbled a few words, and watched a small flame flicker into life in the center of the twigs and tinder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His hands trembling, he held his piece of tinder next to the chains on Death’s right leg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The grass was as dry as tinder,” he recalled. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Then Brian put the tinder on the ground in the pit so that the flame cup was aimed upward. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Then fumbling for his flint and iron he caught, with a dried leaf for tinder, a flame to light the incense. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘There is one thing I wonder about,’ he said as he lit it with his flint and tinder: ‘Wormtongue. You told Théoden he was with Saruman. How did he get there?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z No surprise, then, that middle-class kids come to school with far bigger tinder piles of preliteracy skills than lower-class kids. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z Put the tinder on the ground, put the base board on top of that, then put the spindle in the socket. How to escape your phone and other life hacks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z With reindeer lichen as tinder, we eventually coaxed a feeble flame from a pile of damp twigs to grill our steaks. Explorer: Far, Maybe Too Far, Into the Yukon 2012-08-23T17:33:18Z “Being on this boat becomes a tinder box of emotions, with seven people with different motivations and things they are grappling with and trying to reconcile.” Can zombies swim? Fear the Walking Dead sets sail for season two 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The forest, which has not been cleared of brush and tinder in years, poses a significant fire threat. In Deepest Mendocino, Rebuilding a Life in Wine 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The memory of his lost, burned book became tinder for Martinez, lending him the tenacity to transform his barbershop bookshelf into a full-fledged bookselling business. Rueben Martinez, winner of the Innovator's Award at the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z His critics countered that there was enough tinder in the various capitals of the great powers to make the war inevitable. Sir John Keegan, Historian Who Put a Face on War, Dies at 78 2012-08-03T01:01:09Z Now that we are all burning, the poem’s evocation of the tinder that was everywhere, strangely, soothes. The Poems That Poets Turn To in a Time of Strife 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z That the building was a tinder box had often been pointed out and the problem of how or whether to rebuild it had been much debated. The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton – review 2012-10-05T21:55:06Z I was talking to a man on tinder and I told him I was traveling and he said “with this corona virus!?” The coronavirus epidemic has made dating even more complicated 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Everything in his path — artifacts, animals, human beings — was tinder for his fame. A Huckster for the Ages 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z When you create a character who walks around with lighter fluid in his pocket, everything starts to look like tinder. Review: In ‘Education,’ a Fictional Protest That Pales Next to Real Ones 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “Common Sense,” by Thomas Paine — that’s the spark to the tinder of our founding. Lin-Manuel Miranda: By the Book 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z If I’m honest I groaned, too — that poor defenseless sapling — even though there’s currently a Christmas tree in the corner of my apartment slowly turning into tinder. Review: ‘Are We Not Drawn Onward to New Era’ Stages a Disaster in Reverse 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The story tells of a little candle, dirtied by life and misunderstood, which eventually finds happiness after a tinder box sees the good at its heart and lights it. Hans Christian Andersen's first fairytale found 2012-12-13T12:01:07Z You will need a tinder bundle: anything dry and fibrous. How to escape your phone and other life hacks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z She’s risen to the top of my tinder crushes, this date. Yes, it’s possible to be queer and Muslim 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The tinder that seemed to burst into flames all at once may have been smoldering for many years. Why Weinstein? How a powerful but obscure figure touched off a social movement 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z According to a 2015 study, America’s 13 Western states contain 1.1 million homes deemed “highly vulnerable to wildfires” because of their proximity to forests full of tinder. Are the American West’s Wildfires Inevitable? 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Using thin strips of sappy gum bark as tinder, we managed to get a fire going in the intermittent rain, and kept it going all day to dry our boots. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z No surprise there; yet what is striking is the complete failure of this tinder to ignite. I spit on your grave, but that's about it 2011-01-24T13:50:06Z In 1968, a year when the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ignited the tinder that was American race relations, Ms. Teer issued something of a cultural manifesto. A Cultural Anchor in Harlem Is Threatened by Debt 2011-01-31T20:57:15Z Though the script provides a lot of tinder for actors, the performers here often seem to be merely playing with matches without getting around to striking them. Theater Review: David Rabe?s ?Early History of Fire,? at the Acorn Theater 2012-05-01T02:00:00Z The Hezbollah leader took his time to respond to the past month of bloodletting which has turned the Middle East into a tinder box. Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza - for now 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Elsewhere rapidly growing grass has already died and found a new life as tinder. A haunted Australia stares down bushfire disaster again 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z While rich in fuel, at least it is not tinder dry like it was in the Black Summer. Australia, scarred by bushfires, on high alert for dangerous summer 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z As the heat built and tinder dry vegetation burnt, heatwave conditions ensued for large swathes of Scotland. Heatwave to washout - what happened to Scotland's summer? 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it tinder for wildfires in a state that has been ravaged by blazes. California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive ‘superbloom’ of wild mustard 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A series of thunderstorms then provided the spark — lightning — to ignite the tinder. Canada’s Wildfires Are a Warning of the East Coast’s Smoky Future 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z In short, and as one would anticipate, increasingly dry and hot conditions turn forests and their undergrowth into easily ignited tinder. Orange and Smoky Skies Over a Province That Rolled Back Climate Measures 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The trees and grasses of eastern Canada turned to tinder. Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Hillsides blooming from heavy rains will produce more tinder for the next wildfire. Opinion: How to dig your way out of climate grief 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z “He brings the dry tinder and lights the match, but he’s always shocked, shocked, when a fire breaks out,” Slate’s David Plotz wrote in 1998. Perspective | Jerry Springer, TV’s master of trash, and the world he left us 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Her daughters were out begging for bread; her sons were collecting trash to use as stove tinder. The deepening chill of Afghanistan’s second Taliban winter 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z New vegetation from the rain will eventually form fresh fire tinder. Even after floods hit state, California plans cuts to climate investments 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z U.S. officials and analysts worry that Palestinian frustration with a moribund peace process, along with the rise of hard-line Israeli leaders, has created dry tinder that could burst into a major Palestinian uprising. Blinken to Meet Netanyahu at Turbulent Moment for Israel 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z It's a psychological tinder box as well as a constitutional fixture. The enduring anguish of being the royal 'spare' 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z For starters, human-caused climate change is contributing to warmer, drier conditions that are turning once-green forests into brittle tinder and lengthening the window of time in which wildfires can burn each year. Nearly a third of southern Sierra forests killed by drought and wildfire in last decade 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The Santa Anas, which typically blow most aggressively during the fall months, are known to fuel some of California’s largest fires as strong, dry gusts blow against brush dried from the summer, sitting as tinder. Cooler weather is on the way this weekend, and so are Santa Ana winds 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z But that the tinder is there is now undeniable, even to the ruling class. On strike for a better world: Labor conflict is coming — and the ruling class will fight back hard 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The cumulative impact, Mr. Swain said, has not only superheated air masses during the day but has also made nights warmer, worsening drought, turning trees and brush into tinder and intensifying fire risks. California narrowly averts electricity crisis as it sets records for energy use amid scorching heat. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The state’s hotter, drier atmosphere is sapping up moisture and leaving the landscape shriveled and dry, like tinder. One by one, L.A. firefighters on front lines succumb to extreme heat, adding new danger to job 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z An abundance of dry wood from dead trees and luxuriant blankets of fallen pine needles accumulated over the years, loading forests with flammable tinder. As forests go up in smoke, so will California's climate plan 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Another hosepipe ban begins on Friday, as an amber extreme heat warning, low water levels and tinder dry conditions continue across much of the UK. UK heatwave: South East Water hosepipe ban comes into force 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z "But this is unusual because it's been so dry for so long and everything is getting very what we call tinder dry and it's just much easier to ignite then with a naked flame". Heatwave: Water levels monitored by Wales Drought Liaison group 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z "The labor market is no longer tinder box hot," said Sung Won Sohn, professor of finance and economics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. U.S. job growth seen slowing in July; but far from recession levels 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Its tender evocations of the way a crush can turn someone else’s body into flint and tinder, an object of almost holy reverence, sing like a choir every time. Review: This tender, original queer YA novel will likely be banned. That's not why you should read it 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Parched grass turned to tinder, sparking blazes that threatened homes around London today. UK heatwave breaks records as Brits roast in 40 C temperatures 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The drink gets placed under a glass cloche while the bartender lights a small tinder pile of applewood chips. This new, smoky $26 cocktail is made with a gravity bong. Yes, really 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The governor recently visited Washington to talk with top officials about wildfire recovery as the largest blaze burning in the U.S. chars more tinder dry forest in northern New Mexico. New Mexico governor concerned with potential migrant influx 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z A long dry period has left many moorlands and grasslands "tinder dry" which means they could catch alight with a small spark, the Wildlife Trust explained. Wildfires: Firefighters on high alert and warnings issued 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “But everyone pays a lot more attention to the spark rather than the tinder.” Column: He was murdered during the L.A. riots. We can't forget Latinos like him 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Parched grass turned to tinder, sparking blazes The UK’s very first “Red Extreme” heat warning kicked in for parts of England yesterday, and temperatures soared even higher today. UK heatwave breaks records as Brits roast in 40 C temperatures 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Ironically, fire suppression can actually lead to more intense blazes because it allows dry tinder to build up on forest floors. Firefighting strategies need an extreme makeover, UN warns 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The method reduced the amount of tinder on forest floors so that when uncontrolled fires sparked, they didn’t burn as intensely. The US has a new plan to confront its "wildfire crisis" 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Drought and extreme heat, made worse by global warming, play a role by making forests tinder dry and easier to burn. This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Officials suspect that downed power lines might have sparked the inferno, a problem that becomes more dangerous when a dry landscape provides plenty of tinder. Colorado fires close out a year of disastrous drought 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Climate change is leading to increasingly devastating fire seasons, and invasive grasses have crept in, making for perfect tinder. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z A history of fire suppression in the region, combined with stubborn drought and other factors, has caused bone-dry vegetation to build up — a tinder box that can fuel intense blazes, officials said. 'There is nothing alive on that tree': Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In this case, the dozen words that McAuliffe carelessly lit and tossed off landed on dangerously dry tinder. Opinion | McAuliffe ended up dancing to Youngkin’s choreography 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Moreover, household savings rocketed to unprecedented levels, providing tinder for more spending on activities like dining out and travel once those became widely available again. Explainer: Republicans blame Biden for inflation, but are they right? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The fire-proof buildings burned like tinder, especially the banks, not one of which remains. AP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10, 1871 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Persistent high deforestation also helps to feed forest fires, with the felled trees serving as tinder, according to the Amazon Environmental Research Institute. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls for second month, remains high 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z But all that manpower and equipment were overmatched by tinder dry conditions, whipping downslope winds and an overgrown forest ripe to burn, a half-dozen fire experts said. Lake Tahoe wildfire seemed controllable, then it wasn’t 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Adding impetus to the dispute, and human tinder to the coronavirus conflagration, is the rapidly spreading Delta variant, with experts warning that further viral evolution is waiting in the wings. Should wealthy nations forgo boosters until COVID vaccination improves worldwide? WHO says yes 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z “You want the driest tinder and logs to get that fire going,” he said. How Bad Is the Bootleg Fire? It’s Generating Its Own Weather. 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z “We are under such severe dryness, the fields are tinder dry,” he said. Firefighters achieve mixed success in containing Northern California fires 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The heat turned vegetation to tinder leading to more extensive fires than the same time last year — which was one of the most severe in Arizona's recent history. Tourists are desperate to return to national forests . . . just in time for wildfire season 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z "Fires are already starting in northern California, and conditions are tinder dry in eastern Oregon and Washington as well," Dr Pritchard added. US heatwave: Could US and Canada see the worst wildfires yet? 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “This whole place is a tinder box,” Reid said, of Klamath County. Couple loses home, business twice to Oregon wildfires 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “Our forests, our grasslands and sage lands are very dry and literally like tinder,” said state Public Lands Commission Hilary Franz, who runs the state Department of Natural Resources. With ‘tinder’ dry forests, Washington and Seattle-area officials agree: Skip the fireworks this year 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Vineyards burned and beloved cabins turned to tinder. Summer dreams dry up on the Russian River, a paradise whipsawed by drought, flood and fire 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z That includes beefing up the firefighting force and managing forests so that dry vegetation doesn’t become tinder for a mega blaze. The latest tool in fighting wildfires is homes that won’t burn 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z It is less a global village and more a global forest, with the Covid fire igniting one section of dry tinder just as it is extinguished somewhere else. Coronavirus doctor's diary: Families stranded in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Decades of fire suppression had ended that natural balance, leaving the forests full of tinder just when climate change was also making them drier and hotter. Opinion | They Overcame Mutual Loathing, and Saved a Town 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z "Our city in this area has become a tinder, and we can’t have a policy of simply hoping it’s not lit." Miami Beach imposes curfew over spring breakers, declares state of emergency 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, teacher Noah Mayers led about a dozen students from the Brooklyn Apple Academy, a homeschool resource and community center, to a barbecue area where they gathered tinder, lit a small fire and roasted marshmallows. AP PHOTOS: NYC parks have become `people’s everything’ 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z She wrote a chamber score for string quartet and piano that crackles and rubs like dry tinder, complementing the film’s handmade, unvarnished visual style. Tamar-kali takes the score for 'Shirley' on a wild ride tinged with horror and humor 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The central edifice of the government — home to Congress, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and all federal records — was a tinder box waiting for a match. Opinion | The Capitol Takeover That Wasn’t 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Trump’s final weeks in office will also be a tinder box because of the danger of turmoil abroad. Opinion | Until Biden’s win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Scorching temperatures turned vast swaths of forest into tinder. The Biden administration can’t stop wildfires. But it can make them less destructive. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The tinder that could ignite violent conflagrations lies ominously stacked around us. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z As high winds whipped through areas gripped by drought and a heat wave, small fires quickly burst into new disasters, the dry brush and brittle trees acting as tinder. Trump administration rejects, then approves, emergency aid for California fires, including biggest blaze in state history 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The desiccated vegetation was perfect tinder for fires intentionally set by ranchers clearing land for their cattle. 'Apocalyptic' fires are ravaging the world's largest tropical wetland 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The Douglas fir forests there are filled with moss and ferns, moisture-loving plants that — like California’s coastal redwoods — aren’t exactly known as good tinder. Perspective | This is how we know climate change is making wildfires worse 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Smoke and small fires were billowing through the summer, and the Douglas firs that mark Oregon’s license plates had become a carpet of tinder, ready to light the Willamette National Forest ablaze. A Desperate Bid for Survival as Fire Closed In on an Oregon Mountain Town 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Sadly, given the season, the wildfires devastating parts of California, Oregon and Washington have only added to the political tinder as the election nears. Opinion | Earth is fighting for her life. We’re the pandemic. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z “In the absence of an infrastructure to contain an outbreak, we’re really just sitting in the middle of a bunch of tinder during a wildfire.” California virus infections slow, but county sees cases rise 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The mountains behind Santa Barbara County, which gave way after being burned bare by the Thomas Fire three years ago, have turned a worrisome gray-brown tinder in recent weeks. Warmer. Burning. Epidemic-challenged. Expensive. The California Dream has become the California Compromise. 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The tinder that could soon ignite widespread violent conflagrations throughout the United States lies ominously stacked around us. American bloodlands: In a deeply polarized nation, mass violence is not far away 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She recounts the devastating impact of the blaze before panning out to examine a century’s worth of water-allocation policy that turned a verdant California valley into tinder. As California's forests burn, an illustrated "field atlas" reads like a call to action 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z “The steep terrain, all of the inaccessible areas, old growth that’s been there for a long time that’s tinder dry and ready to burn — all of those are going to be factors.” San Diego County fire chars 4,000 acres, destroys 10 structures 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Huge chunks of each fire’s footprint include areas that haven’t seen fires in decades and were jackpots of dead and dry tinder. Why California's 2020 lightning fires got so big so fast 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Every day they took their lives in their hands, living in buildings built like tinder boxes and requiring naked flames to see after dark and avoid hypothermia. Why the scented candle really gets on my wick | David Mitchell 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The spark that usually sets such tinder ablaze is martyrdom. American bloodlands: In a deeply polarized nation, mass violence is not far away 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “This disease will continue to hopscotch around until it finds tinder — susceptible individuals — like any good fire,” said Khan, a former top infectious-disease outbreak investigator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “This disease will continue to hopscotch around until it finds tinder - susceptible individuals - like any good fire,” said Khan, a former top infectious-disease outbreak investigator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “The warning was if we don’t address these issues, this was a tinder box that would explode.” Minneapolis had progressive policies, but its economy still left black families behind 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Authorities described the vegetation in those areas as “tinder dry.” Arizona wildfires grow as flames flicker throughout Desert Southwest and California 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z To suggest that the president wields dictatorial power is never correct, and nowadays it is nothing less than tinder for Trump’s basest instincts. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Sportswriters in and out of bounds 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z When the traumatic video of Floyd begging for his life met the tinder of weeks of coronavirus lockdown, surging unemployment, and a tanking economy the fire raced through America. A week that shook a nation: anger burns as power of protests leaves Trump exposed 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z “George Floyd’s killing sparked a firestorm of protest and violence in part because it met such an abundance of dry tinder,” the group stated. US urged to address racial injustice or risk further instability in new report 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z County are without permanent shelter — a figure that is unconscionable on an ordinary day but at the moment represents a public health tinder box. How should L.A. be redesigned for coronavirus? Are doorknobs out? We asked the experts 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z "It's a densely crowded area. There's a lot of tinder down there." As Ron DeSantis hypes low numbers, Florida may be undercounting coronavirus deaths by up to 58% 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z “That Southeast coast, they’re just starting to open up and relax. It’s a densely crowded area. There’s a lot of tinder down there,” he said. Coronavirus hot spots erupt across the country; experts warn of second wave in South 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Addressing the judge, Alison Hardy, senior attorney for the Prison Law Office, said “my concern is not that the virus is rampant in all 35 prisons ... more it is a tinder box.” Judge rejects more inmate releases from California prisons 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “That would just create a tinder box for the virus. It creates way too many opportunities for people to contract the disease.” Kentucky church asks Louisville mayor to reverse ban on drive-in Easter service 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “Susceptibles are the tinder for this fire. The virus will come into the community if the community goes back to its normal ways of doing thing.” As social distancing shows signs of working, what’s next? Crush the curve, experts say. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Like a wildfire that jumps from one tinder box to the next, one area long-term care facility after another reported covid-19 cases this week. Relatives watch as covid-19 tears through Seattle-area senior homes. ‘It’s a very helpless feeling.’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Bradley said land managers, residents and environmentalists agreed the area was a tinder box and risk was high so they designed the restoration project to work with the specific characteristics of the landscape. US forest chief: ‘Tough choices’ to fund wildfire prevention 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z While the horrific wildfires that ravaged Australia in recent months ignited a national debate over climate change, the tinder for that argument was already provided by the three-year drought endured by rural communities like Murrurundi. Rains mock drought-stricken Australian town as climate risks hit home 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The neighborhood is a tinder box on the verge of exploding due to entrenched systemic rot, and the film is very intentionally, on Ly’s part, a call for action. Director Ladj Ly on his incendiary Oscar-nominated debut 'Les Misérables' 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Extreme heat and drought create more tinder to fuel fires. What you need to know about the Australia bushfires 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Either way the experts are saying the weeks ahead are looking dry, tinder dry. Australia is becoming a nation of dread – and the world looks on with pity and scorn | David Marr 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z But in October, after an unprecedented drought reduced the forest to tinder, an intense blaze incinerated the preserve. A fires rage across Australia, fears grow for rare species 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Vegetation remains tinder dry, with Los Angeles receiving zero inches of rain since Oct. Dangerous fire weather conditions return Sunday to Southern California 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z In this potential future, envisioned by climate scientists and policy experts, utilities would still need to cut power when high winds race across tinder in northern forests and southern chaparral. Are Blackouts Here to Stay? A Look into the Future 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “But there needs to be a more pragmatic approach than just leaving these trees to turn into tinder.” California Chaos: Gov. Gavin Newsom grapples with wildfires, blackouts and more 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “These places we all love have effectively become tinder boxes,” Mr. Vesey said. PG&E to Shut Off Power for Nearly 1 Million Customers as Californians Flee Fires 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Weather forecasters said the wind conditions combined with low humidity and dry vegetation made the state’s landscape tinder for a disaster. It’s Lights Out in California to Deal With Climate Risks 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The massive influx of weapons added tinder to those conflicts. Guns from the United States are stoking a homicide epidemic in Mexico 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The problem was that unvaccinated children tended to be clustered in communities, driving down vaccination rates in certain schools and neighborhoods to under 95 percent and creating potential tinder boxes for outbreaks, Dr. Hotez said. Get Vaccinated or Leave School: 26,000 N.Y. Children Face a Choice 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “Its essential elements are already present today; all that is needed is a spark to light the tinder,” they wrote. China Warns U.S. Against Sending Missiles to Asia Amid Fears of an Arms Race 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “Red Square was a tinder box, and the Hokoanas were intent on lighting the match.” Righteous or reckless? Trial under way for couple accused in UW shooting during Milo Yiannopoulos speech 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z "Fifty people were killed, 2,000 injured. Part of L.A. was burning down," he said, adding he believed a "tinder box" existed between the African-American community and law enforcement that lasted through Simpson's acquittal. Nicole Brown Simpson estate lawyer: Lasting memory of OJ civil case was getting 'the right result' 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z “It’s the equivalent of trying to start a fire in a wet forest. But now the forest is tinder dry.” Building the Brexit party: how Nigel Farage copied Italy's digital populists 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z It has never been clearly established who brought the plane down or whether the genocide had been planned well in advance and needed only a spark to ignite its lethal tinder. 25 Years Later, Rwanda Grapples With Legacy of Genocide and Questions of Blame 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z First, as Dunne puts it, “The tinder again is quite dry in the region, and sparks are beginning to fly.” Opinion | This is not yet a second Arab Spring — but sparks are beginning to fly 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Writing in these pages at the time, journalist Amanda Bennett observed that Abramson’s firing hit women “like a lightning strike to dry tinder.” Review | The sad, inspiring state of modern news 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Now what I see is a continuous bed of 20 to 40ft-high oak and pine trees that is tinder dry and ready to burn.” Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z This would be bad enough in itself, but the powerful Santa Ana winds - warm, dry air travelling from the east to the coast - have turned vegetation into tinder across the state. The day Paradise burned down 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Forests that for millennia had fire as part of their ecosystems have become choked with growth and unhealthy, and ultimately tinder for megafires, he said. 'Megafire' that torched town now common in California 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “It took off too quick … It was tinder dry,” she said of the blaze, the largest fire in Seattle in nearly a decade. Cause of massive North Queen Anne lumber yard fire remains under investigation 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But then in July, a malfunctioning recreational trailer along Highway 299 outside of Redding kicked sparks into bone-dry tinder, igniting what would become the Carr fire, the deadliest blaze of the year so far. Cal Fire cadets who were dismissed for drinking will get their jobs back - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Harvey Weinstein allegations being reported, the tinder that sparked the #MeToo movement into a full-fledged fire, the U.S. Analysis | The #MeToo effect: Sex harassment charges with the EEOC rose for the first time in years 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Thanks to reduced snowpacks in the mountains, the soil is parched by early summer and forests are tinder. 'A prisoner of environment': is it time to leave the American west? 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Born of tinder dry conditions and erratic winds, the “Camp Fire” was the latest California megafire, a huge blaze that burns more intensely and quickly than anything the state has experienced before. 'Megafire' that torched town now common in California 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But that effort quickly ended because of debris dropping down from the building’s pine interior, which Buckup describes as “tinder.” Museum Digs Out a Future from Charred Scientific Ruins 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z It all adds to the bone-dry tinder of intimately personal and publicly political influences that may act on an angry young man. Toxic gaming culture can’t fully explain the Jacksonville Madden shooting 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Wet years so grass and brush could flourish, droughts to turn them into tinder, and hotter summers to prime them to explode at the first spark. A second Dust Bowl? As California burns, Trump tries to distract from climate change’s devastation 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The capital was a tinder box, growing more volatile each day. Meet Manafort’s century-old forefather. The ‘king’ of lobbyists liked fancy suits too. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “It’s all tinder and as soon as the flames hit it, it’s gone,” he said. Firefighters battle to curb wildfire before winds return 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The blaze, which broke out July 27, initially spread fast because of what officials said was a perfect combination of weather, rugged topography and abundant brush and timber turned to tinder by years of drought. Battling 18 blazes, California may face worst fire season 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The dry, hot weather that climate change brings adds to the dried tinder and risk. AP FACT CHECK: Wildfire, water experts rebut Trump’s claims 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The neighborhoods along the Trinity Highway were tucked among Douglas firs, oaks and eucalyptus, among the nearly 2 million homes statewide that — after years of permissive development in California — sit amid lovely and hazardous tinder. As wildfires rage, California frets over a future of greater perils and higher costs 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z James Hutchinson from the British and International Green Keepers Association said many courses were like a "tinder box". Heatwave-hit golf clubs ban fairway smoking 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Following years of drought and a summer of record-breaking heat, immense tracts of forests, chaparral and grasslands have become tinder that allows even a small spark to explode into a devouring blaze, authorities said. Wildfires scorching homes, land _ and California’s budget 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It had been a hot summer and the city was tinder dry. Hamburg firestorm: 'A different level of devastation' 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z McLean said there was no guarantee of safety in a state that has been ravaged by years of drought, turning trees and brush to tinder. Firefighters make headway battling California wildfires 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z One factor is persistent drought conditions in the West, contributing to a sharp increase in dry tinder to fuel the blazes. Firefighters Are Focused on Flames, Not Climate Change 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z At other times, I watched as an offhand comment became tinder for a divisive national conversation. Maggie Haberman: Why I Needed to Pull Back From Twitter 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Many in the White House did not immediately see fault in Sanders’ comments that the West Wing was merely considering the Kremlin offer, but it provided fresh tinder for the bipartisan firestorm. Inside Trump’s isolation after Putin summit, walkbacks 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z She adds that “religious liberty has become a code among conservatives for the political tinder box of abortion rights.” Analysis | The Health 202: Medicare for all is new Democratic mantra in congressional races 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z To some extent, religious liberty has become a code among conservatives for the political tinder box of abortion rights. Religious liberty becomes a main focus for conservatives in Supreme Court nomination 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Was the city “riot proof,” or filled with tinder that had not yet been ignited? Fifty years ago some called D.C. ‘the colored man’s paradise.’ Then paradise erupted. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z When the rain did not return this winter, fire season feasted on the heavy growth that the previous winter had fueled and that had turned to tinder in the dry recent months. ‘Evacuation fatigue’ caused some to ignore peril of mudslides 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It turned tinder dry last summer, the hottest on record. Deadly California mudslide 'like Niagara falls' as hills turn to rivers of debris 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z California's ongoing drought parched its landscape, making the state tinder for potential fires. Mudslides, Wildfires, and Drought—California's Deadly Weather Explained 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Avocado orchards are particularly vulnerable: They line hillsides, which were in the path of the fire, and their dropped leaves collect on the ground, providing perfect tinder. Raging Southern California fire threatens avocado, lemon crops 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “It looked like a million fireflies flying over to ignite the tinder dry brush,” Mr. Buchanan said. In California, Mixed Results for Regulations Meant to Help Stop Fires 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z They are dropping lit matches in the dry tinder of American politics. Opinion | To what circle of hell are Republicans about to consign themselves? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z "I sometimes compare Buddhism to the tinder on matchbooks. If I didn’t have it there, I wouldn’t be able to get any spark." Does Buddhism Give Us Answers or Questions? 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z The winter rains allowed grass and shrubs to grow, but under the withering summer, the new vegetation turned into highly combustible tinder. Wny California's Fires are Bigger, Deadlier, and More Costly 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The heat and drought dried out grasses and shoots that had been nourished by the winter snows, turning them into tinder. This Season, Western Wildfires Are Close By and Running Free 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Critics argue that this structure is a tinder box that allows minor conflicts to escalate. What is behind Ethiopia ethnic clashes? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But dry conditions and extreme heat create good tinder, making wildfires worse in certain areas, says Benjamin Bond-Lamberty, an ecosystem ecologist with the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Fires, heat waves, and hurricanes: why this summer's extreme weather is here to stay 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Late July and August traditionally sees a spike in forest and brush fires in Greece, where high temperatures contribute to tinder box conditions. Wildfire rages on Greek island of Kythera, homes evacuated 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Look at the dates of our tinder texts. Tinder Couple Just Met After Texting For Almost 3 Years 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z With strong winds and tinder dry conditions creating a dangerous mix, the government asked its European Union partners to send two extra fire-fighting planes – a request immediately fulfilled by Italy, according to the EU. France: wildfires burn close to tourist towns in Corsica and Côte d'Azur 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Had 2 surprise my favorite tinder match @averylarmstrong 4 game 5. The Atlanta Hawks Are Hosting a Wedding for Couple Who Met at Game 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The coral outcrop is synonymous with the struggle for regional power, and a strategic tinder box. Exclusive: At strategic shoal, China asserts power through control, and concessions 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Late July and August traditionally sees a spike in forest and brush fires in Greece, where high temperatures contribute to tinder box conditions. Wildfire rages on Greek island of Kythera, homes evacuated 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The effects of climate change are varied and opportunistic, but one thing is consistent: They are like sparks in the tinder. Mexico City is a parched and sinking capital 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The early morning deaths quickly became tinder in an incendiary environment in which Arab citizens of Israel complain of being treated as second-class citizens or worse. Policeman, driver killed in clash after Israelis move to raze Bedouin village 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Low state-level refusal rates are masked by substantial local clustering of vaccine refusers — who provide the tinder for outbreaks to start and spread like wildfire. How Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about vaccines could harm public health 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z They would make good tinder for his cooking fire, he said. Shaves at barber's, corpses in streets as Islamic State retreats in Mosul 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z He wanted the world to know that good things and good people came from a community whose very name sparks the tinders of ugly debate. Ferguson's Tyron Woodley finds activist voice as biggest fight of career looms 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z IN 2007 financial dangers, piled up like so much tinder, ignited at last and caused a swathe of destruction across the global economy. Passing the buck 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z In her newly constructed home, a jigsaw puzzle of retrofitted planks, thatched tinder and rescued roofing, everyone is busy. Haitians, Battered by Hurricane, Huddle in Caves: ‘This Is the Only Shelter We Have’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. ... The strong man will become tinder, his work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together.” The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z After a few failed tries, it worked like a relative charm—the sparks hit their mark, and the pile of tinder burst into flames. A Survivor-School Getaway: The Softer Side of Life-and-Death 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Roads are blocked with detritus, trees turned to tinder, homes reduced to mounds of stone and rusted tin shards cleaved from roofs. A Haitian City Was Finally Prospering. Then Came Hurricane Matthew. 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z As one Western diplomat said on Tuesday, there is a lot of tinder lying around. Looming Transition Ignites Deadly Clashes in Congo 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “I’d say the tinder box would be Southern California itself,” said David Sweet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Los Angeles says goodbye to an old friend 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z After Bear began the domino cascade, because of derivatives, it began to spread like a fire in dry tinder. The Housing Market Is Finally Starting to Look Healthy 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “Clearly over time, particularly in urban settings, the lack of employment is tinder for lighting a fire of social unrest.” Robots will eliminate 6% of all US jobs by 2021, report says 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Officials with the San Bernardino National Forest say five years of drought coupled with dry, hot weather have turned the entire area into a tinder box. The Latest: Thousands evacuated as California wildfire grows 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Love is both the cause and the continuance of my commitment to learning French, its tinder and its fuelwood, but, pedagogically, I’m not having great luck with the soul-mate method. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Most of all, in the first two days in Cleveland, they failed because there wasn’t enough fuel for them to spark on the Convention floor, no emotional tinder of deep discomfort. Trump Is Nominated, and More Trumps Take the Stage 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z South Sudanese officials on both sides of the divide have said that the agreement that mandated that both forces have a presence in Juba only made the city a tinder keg. In South Sudan, bodies are being counted as peace accord appears to unravel 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z For instance, fighting smaller fires allows dry tinder to build up in forests, setting the stage for so-called megafires. Emu Flees Raging Wildfire in Southern California Winds usually are ripping, and trees and vegetation dried to tinder by late summer. Trainmen long used to hazmat cargo, but oil trains pose special risk 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Though futures speculation lighted the fire, investors should keep one eye on underlying commodity supply, which may have been the original tinder. Why Chinese Steel Can’t Support Iron-Ore Prices 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Fuelled by tinder and helped along by unseasonably warm weather and low humidity, the fire released massive amounts of energy as it moved, creating its own weather and lightning. Canada wildfire: why a sleeping giant awoke in Alberta and became relentless 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z “The economic deprivation of the last 30 years for working-class whites, combined with growing social isolation, was really dry tinder,” said Robert Putnam, the Harvard political scientist who wrote “Bowling Alone.” Trump’s victory fuels fears of Republican Party split 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z “The economic deprivation of the last 30 years for working-class whites, combined with growing social isolation, was really dry tinder,” said Robert D. Putnam, the Harvard political scientist who wrote “Bowling Alone.” Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z More than 80 percent of the homes in one neighborhood were destroyed, and firefighters warned that high winds, unseasonably warm weather and forests full of dry tinder would continue to feed the inferno. A Wildfire in Canada Forces a City to Evacuate 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Historically, anger is the tinder of protest, often the only path to reform. Angry while female: Why it matters that Beyonce, Kelly Ripa and Samantha Bee won't hide their outrage 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The forestry department is reminding residents to be mindful of tinder conditions. Virginia Department of Forestry Battling Wildfires 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Whatever language he spoke must have had words for pouch, belt, tinder, awl, and tattoo. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The Chinese government has said it will avoid a second round of mass layoffs, but some experts have said that the tinder for renewed unrest is widespread. Official Admits He Gave Misleading Account of Chinese Miners’ Plight 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z It appears that lightning strikes, tinder ignites and some swathe of California, New Mexico or Australia burns to the ground. Dietary Pseudo-Confusion: of Fire and Rain 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The Climate Council said higher temperatures meant more fuel, particularly as foliage from eucalyptus forests dried to flammable tinder. Record Heat Puts Australia at Risk of Intense Fire Season 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Climate change “dried out the already-existing tinder that could start the fire,” he said. U.S. Politicians Debate Whether Climate Change Fuels Terrorism 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “It’s like a tinder under a fire,” he added. Cuomo Struggles to Maintain Momentum in Upstate Employment 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The combination is tinder for what should be an explosive confrontation come this time next year. GOP candidates' budget-busting tax breaks could define 2016 race 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Unlike well-spaced native bunchgrasses, cheatgrass — its scientific name is Bromus tectorum, or downy brome — crowds tightly together and then dies early each summer to form dense mats of tinder. Researcher Finds Way to Fight Cheatgrass, a Western Scourge 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z It is this theme of family that is the tinder for excitement and anticipation in this country that has not been seen since the hope-filled message of a newly elected president in 2008. Pope Francis visit live updates: Defend and care for your people, pontiff tells congress 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z But eventually, the tinder gets so dry, it becomes a conflagration. The psychology behind financial market swings: A Q&A with Wall Street's top psychiatrist 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z A compressible sleeping bag and tent are good options to consider, along with at least three types of tinder, for redundancy. What to put in your bag before the world ends 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It thins trees, helps new seedlings take root, and removes decaying debris that has the potential to become tinder. How Megafires Are Remaking American Forests 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The Rocky Fire has a probability of ignition of 100 percent, almost unheard-of when the tinder is forest and scrub, as it is here. Rocky Fire in California Defies Expectations and Defenses 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Many of the California blazes were sparked by lightning and exacerbated by tinder dry trees and grass and erratic winds, Pimlott said. Wildfire Raging North of San Francisco Threatens Homes 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z But with months of negligible snowfall behind and the temperatures climbing, Mr. Sprouse, an engine captain with the National Park Service, knew it would not take long until the foliage became tinder. Dry Days Bring a Ferocious Start to the Fire Season 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z But Michael Boyle, deputy chief of Eastside Fire and Rescue, says everything in western Washington is still tinder dry and bound to get worse during the next few days of warm weather. Wildfire danger spreads to suburban western Washington 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Ironically, the century-old government policy of fighting fires instead of letting them burn has led to a build-up of the very tinder that lesser fires once destroyed as part of the natural process. How Megafires Are Remaking American Forests 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z But with the drought turning soil to dust and trees to tinder, the fire, still smoking, has consumed a swath of national forest roughly the size of San Francisco. After Years of Drought, Wildfires Rage in California 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The Cape Horn fire was one of 33 large fires burning in Western states, where a long-standing drought has left forests, river valleys and rangelands tinder dry. Evacuation orders lifted for hundreds forced to flee Idaho wildfire 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Farmers were pumping up brackish water, which was damaging the crops, and much of New Mexico was a tinder box dry. On climate change, Hispanic Catholics hear pope's message – and it's personal 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Now a series of gathering storms prepares to throw lightning strikes onto the arid land, like matches tossed upon brittle tinder. Flames of anxiety at the U.S. fire command center in Idaho 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Many hope that is remains just a show but the militarisation of the area is a tinder box. Japan joins with former foes to flex its muscles as it eyes China's rise 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z "All these cities are tinder boxes," Jackson said. Mayor faces complexities of poverty, crime in reviving N.J.'s largest city 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z As the state's drought persists, however, that extra growth is turning into bone-dry tinder, Redmond said. Firefighters gain ground on wildfires across California 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Aucoin, who prefers the lighter, wittier Berlioz, says, “The words should be tinder waiting to be set afire by the music.” Matthew Aucoin, Opera’s Great 25-Year-Old Hope 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Urban planners and researchers in Colorado and Arizona are trying to convince public officials that prevention — getting rid of tinder before fires start — is far more important than they seem to realize. In the dry West, housing growth puts firefighters in the path of wildfires 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z It will be tinder dry before very long. Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The carefully tended tinder of opposition erupted into a national firestorm when Pence signed the bill into law last Thursday. How Gay Rights Won in Indiana 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Also inside: 10 inches of waxed jute twine, a waterproof tinder that will light and burn easily. 13-year-old Alaskan crafting his own business future 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z In this atmosphere of exploitation, any racially charged incident — even one in which racial animus can’t be demonstrated — can set spark to tinder. After Selma, racism persists but the dream lives on, as well 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “It would be a farewell to arms control. And the Middle East would soon be crisscrossed by nuclear tripwires. A region where small skirmishes can trigger big wars would turn into a nuclear tinder box.” Netanyahu: Iran Deal 'Paves Path to a Bomb' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Finding that such space parched our souls, we began to devise technological ways to bring us closer, from texting to tinder. The Days of Escaping Your iPhone Are Over 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The 15-foot-high Fraser fir, cut 65 days earlier and purchased in early December, provided a concentrated source of tinder that propelled the inferno through the cavernous house, fire officials said. Hundreds attend memorial for the victims of Annapolis mansion fire 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The Internet has a way of setting fires wherever there’s tinder, and being a prominent scientist anywhere near a religious holiday is like being a dead tree in a drought. Neil deGrasse Tyson Is on Your TV, on a Mission 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “Don’t light your tinder until you’ve collected or cut a pile of wood in different thickness - pencil size, thumb size and bigger..” Air Force winter survival pros show how it’s done 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z The 15-foot-high Fraser fir, cut 65 days earlier and purchased in early December, provided a concentrated source of tinder that propelled the fire’s ferocious spread through the 16,000-square-foot house, fire officials said. Christmas tree fueled Annapolis mansion fire that killed four children and their grandparents 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Walk into the wilderness out past Elk Lake in the summer and it can look like a tinder box. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Epidemiologists have nightmares about Ebola spreading unchecked in a city like Lagos, where there’s enough human tinder to burn indefinitely. Why Ebola Isn't a Threat to the U.S. 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z And the costs for fighting wildfires hasn't abated in 2014, with blazes cropping up across the state's forests, turned tinder dry amid prolonged drought conditions. California burns through $209-million wildfire budget, taps $70 million more 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z You risk leaving a tinder box which may explode in your face in a few years’ time, a la Arab Spring.” Thousands jailed in Uzbekistan on politically motivated charges, report says 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But the tinder fueling the anger and resentment that has exploded in Ferguson has been building for decades. Ferguson's mounting racial and economic stress set stage for turmoil 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z The state’s historic drought continues to keep vegetation tinder dry as summer temperatures and low humidity combine with devastating effect. California firefighters battle 200 new wildfires in a single week 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s about me and other women like me and why this event hit like a lightning strike to dry tinder. Pushed from the top "It's very dry, windy. There's a lot of leaves, twigs and brush on the ground. That stuff acts as tinder and catches fire very easily," Hajna said. Fire in New Jersey Pine Barrens forces evacuation of 250 people 2014-04-25T15:16:15Z "It's very dry, windy. There's a lot of leaves, twigs and brush on the ground. That stuff acts as tinder and catches fire very easily," Hijna said. Fire in New Jersey Pine Barrens forces evacuation of 250 people 2014-04-24T21:22:40Z However, we all know that where there is drought, where there is insecurity, when there is poverty, hunger, poor governance, repressive policies it may make the tinder in the box more readily ignitable. Dot Earth Blog: Showtime Series Aims to Engage Sleepy Public on Global Warming With Celebrity Guides 2014-04-07T20:56:56Z In this century — witness the revived bloodletting in Iraq — wars that end on ill-defined terms merely store up the tinder of future conflagration. Letter From Europe: When the End of War Is the Beginning of War 2014-03-20T12:13:52Z “This guy Wilson essentially used her with her full knowledge and cooperation to create a tinder box in this special unit,” the judge said, adding that the relationship enabled Mr. Wilson to intimidate other inmates. Year in Jail for Ex-Guard Who Had Child With an Inmate 2014-02-20T01:01:42Z If some fires aren’t permitted to burn in the wild, dry tinder builds on the forest floors, threatening damage on a much larger scale when there is a blaze. Retro Report: Lessons From the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 2013-09-02T10:49:18Z Conservation advocates say that is likely to mean fewer people working to prevent runaway fires, fewer controlled burns and fewer trucks hauling away dry brush and tinder. Cost of Battling Wildfires Cuts Into Prevention Efforts 2013-06-28T00:33:43Z Analysts fear that mutual suspicions between the US and China risk stoking tensions in a region which, at times, already resembles a maritime tinder box. US eyes rising China at Singapore security talks 2013-05-30T23:58:58Z Revolutions need tinder, a spark, attention and engagement. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In: women in tech and media speak out 2013-03-20T17:47:05Z The hurricane is the spark, but population is the tinder. After Sandy: Why We Can't Keep Rebuilding on the Water's Edge 2012-11-20T10:50:25Z Grylls recommends gathering office trash bags and using them for shelter, water collection, or waterproofing your tinder and cell phone. The Workday After Tomorrow 2012-11-08T19:40:23Z But in such a tinder box atmosphere, he fully realised that the sensitive nature of his images meant that it was only a question of time before he too would face possible recriminations. Rare Chinese Cultural Revolution photos on display 2012-10-13T01:35:13Z As far as aviation was concerned, therefore, Mr. Tata was already dry tinder. India Ink: Happy 80th Birthday, Air India 2012-10-12T06:49:52Z But India is also vast, both physically and psychologically, and the inherent diversity even in one religious minority may be helping prevent the same kind of tinder box we’ve seen elsewhere from forming. Why India's 'Muslim Rage' Is Different from the Middle East 2012-10-01T06:35:31Z A healthy difference MEDICARE, the health programme for those aged 65 and over, is a political tinder box. Medicare reform: A healthy difference 2012-08-16T15:04:04Z The Midwest is becoming a Dust Bowl, the Southwest and Rocky Mountains a tinder box. Opinion: Is It Hot Enough for Ya? 2012-08-04T17:50:51Z Blame the weather first—the unusually warm winter meant that the fire season started earlier than usual, while the lack of snowfall meant that dry forests literally became tinder waiting for a spark. Wildfires: Climate Change Is Not the Sole Factor 2012-07-09T14:05:39Z The houses are of such slight 402 construction that they burn like tinder; and it is not surprising that the city is often swept by destructive fires. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Those who escaped the conflagration ran the imminent risk of being knocked on the head by bricks and tiles, which flew about as though they were tinder. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The fly border, made of muslin and saturated with paint, was tinder to the flames. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z They lived in the merest tinder boxes, and in many of these were domiciled three, and sometimes four and five families. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z As they are made of the lightest material it caught like tinder, and spread so rapidly that in a few minutes a whole camp was in a blaze. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z When I returned to Mr. Eglinton, he bared his arm, and holding the paper to the candle till it was reduced to tinder, rubbed his flesh with the ashes. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z The domestic manufacture of the tinder was a serious affair. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Fallen limbs and branches of a giant chestnut long since dead and now dry as tinder, lay here and there, affording the finest sort of firewood. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Cold grub for ours, until noon, when we may strike a place where we can get some dry tinder. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z Desperation is often the tinder that sparks the most blazing trades in sports history. Redskins bet big on Robert Griffin III 2012-03-10T21:07:11Z The wooden bridge that connected the wings burned like tinder. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z At length one lucky spark does its office—the tinder is alight. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Even while Imbono, with tears of anguish, was telling Jack what had been done, the spark had been applied to the tinder. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Petersen tried to obtain fire from a pocket-pistol, but his only tinder was moss, and after repeated attempts he gave it up. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Fortunately when he had reached this stage he remembered that he had his tinder box and matches in his pocket, and he fumbled for them with his disengaged hand. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Continual rain had wetted their ammunition and tinder, and they were then without fire or victuals: upon which Mr. Wilson and the coxswain set out, on Saturday afternoon, to acquaint us with their situation. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z A gentle breath is wafted into the murky box; the face that leans over the tinder is in a glow. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z She looked up at me, laughed, and thrust the burning sticks into the moss and tinder which was stacked around me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The tinder had become moist and was frozen solid. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Or would panic running through the town on the morrow, like fire amid tinder, kindle the crowd and hurl it, inflamed with greed and fear, upon his slender defences? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z They took a piece of tinder, picked up a stone, and went away to some wigwams, at a little distance, where we soon afterwards saw a fire burning. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Half the native houses are roofed with palm leaves, and will burn like tinder. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Somebody near by was trying to light a fire; I smelled the flint and the glowing tinder. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The first, which is less hard, is used for tinder when dried; also for the rigging and smaller cordage of the ships, or as tow for calking them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z The northern counties, as far south as Derbyshire, were so much tinder. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Now they were tinder to the touch of her lips. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z The wood-work was everywhere as dry as tinder, and the burning flakes, which were falling thickly upon them, had set the houses on fire in a dozen places. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Sir William drew flint and tinder from his pouch, and sent a spark flying into the dry tobacco of his pipe. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This speech was as a spark to the tinder of Mr. Binney's inclinations. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z But after these long hours of play we were all tinder to a spark of superstition. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z They were always there," explained Nancy, "but he put the match to the tinder. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z More than most of its neighbors in north Africa, Algeria is a tinder box. Anger at squalid housing unleashes Algeria protest 2012-01-12T14:08:55Z I’ve forgotten all about the tinder; we may have to trot a long way into the woods to find a cedar-tree.” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z “Given how stressed the bond market is with people waiting for someone else to move first, it is a tinder box that could be lit by even a small amount of forced selling now.” Hungary’s Third Downgrade to Junk in Two Months Pares Bond Rally 2012-01-07T11:05:09Z He paused reflectively, and Gordon, seeing the girl's evident interest, again touched the tinder to the flame. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z About twenty years ago chemistry abolished the tinder-box; and the burnt rag that made the tinder went to make paper. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z A natural liar, exceedingly unclean in his habits, vindictive and with a temper dry as tinder, he was shunned by the other members of the outfit. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The soft cedar was shredded into tinder between two stones. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z When at length we found tinder and steel and a light was provided, my father was seen lying on his face, bleeding profusely from a wound in the right side. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z "It is as dry as tinder; just the night for lovers." Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The red soldiers died out, one by one, like the sparks in tinder. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z In the communally polarised aftermath of Gujarat 2002, such false propaganda was like a match to tinder. India Ink: Newswallah: Long reads edition 2011-11-27T05:44:39Z Then he lifted the slab of wood that served as tray, bearing the ruddy fire-embryo and tinder, and blew upon it evenly, gently. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z This was like a spark to tinder, and she went to work like a frantic being, using her shameless language. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z This little increasing pile of powder was the tinder, and, as the twirling continued, grew black, smelled like burned wood, smoked and finally glowed like punk. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z But it's old, old," and he poked the tinder doubtfully with his finger, "as old as the ship, and that's older than you or me, I'm thinking. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Then their clothing shrivelled up into tinder, and all three dropped together in an indistinguishable heap of crumbling bones. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z “If I could only find the right kinds of wood to start a friction fire—balsam fir for the fireboard and drill, and a little chunk of cedarwood to be shredded into tinder!” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Fear thine own children: sparks at random flung Consume the very tinder whence they sprung. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z It had been dry for a week and the woods were like tinder. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z It was an anxious moment when the first sparks shredded down into the ancient tinder. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z And while he said this, and as the burning tinder dropped on the floor, the sharp hunger, unfelt during his late anxious emotion, gnawed at his entrails. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The Turks are as touchy as tinder; they take fire as quick as any of the old demigods, and a pair of black eyes is at any time enough to put mischief in them. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Grass and dead leaves were still tinder to a spark, and a Bushman knows when he must respect that state of things. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z That is dry tinder that could help ignite the stock market if some of the uncertainties get cleared up, but not until that happens. Stocks Aim to Beat the Band 2011-10-23T21:45:59Z Say, she must have been as dry as tinder, to catch like that. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z The vast forests stretching through Assam, Bhutan, the Terai and Nepal, were dry as tinder owing to the unusual drought. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z There had just previously been several days of wind as also sunshine, so everything was dry as tinder. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z But I, in the second buggy, saw a flicker under the wheel of the first; it ran from one scrap of tinder to another and was away over the country before one could draw breath. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z His words were like a spark to tinder. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z In Hong Kong, all forms of commerce are fueled by the tinder of billions of business cards. You Are Here: You Are Here: The Land of Milk and Money 2011-10-14T15:16:39Z The flames lit up a patch of tall grass, dry as tinder, which went up in a sheet of fire. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z To the present time this primitive method of obtaining fire is still in vogue; cotton, however, being substituted for fine cocoa-nut fibre as tinder. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z I then thought of my shirt, which I had long cast off; but then I had no matches, and must have fire before I could make tinder. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Amadou, am′a-dōō, n. a soft spongy substance, growing as a fungus on forest trees, used as a styptic and as tinder. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z These contained vestments, the implements used in the ceremonials, and a store of scented wood, dry as tinder, that furnished fuel for the sacrifices. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The concussion produced a spark, which fell into a box containing charred cotton called tinder. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z This soft wood made very good tinder, to start a fire. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z Pat and Jack renewed their holding efforts, and thanked their stars that no fire had been built on the plateau, for the forest about was dry as tinder. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Yes, and I reckon she’d burn like tinder if once started. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z He had quite forgot that we had neither flint, steel, nor tinder, so that we had no means of making a fire. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The tinder took fire but did not burst into flame. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z It had gone up like a tinder box in an instant, and was reduced to ruins. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Naturally, to one of that temperament, the mystery Mr. Forsyth chose to make out of a vulgar attempt at robbery was like a spark on tinder, and the General caught on at once. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z But the current security situation on the West Bank is the tinder for a new explosion of Israeli-Palestinian violence. : Mideast Monitor: Why Gloom Follows Bush Speech 2002-07-09T14:05:00Z For tools you need a block, a drill, a bow, a socket, and some tinder, dry 70 punk, or cat-tail down, all of which you can make or find in the woods. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z The flame came by touching the burning tinder with a strip of wood tipped with sulphur. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Now, while the underbrush and dried fern burned like tinder, the fire hardly touched the trees. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The soldier had a pocket-lamp, and he struck a light by means of flint and tinder, a contrivance which is still in use in Russia. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Then Nick Stoner struck flint, and dropped his tinder upon the remnants of a hay-stack, where wisps of last year's marsh grass still littered the rick. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Now put a little tinder—shredded birch-bark or dry pine-needles—along the groove in your block and especially at its upper end. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z I have good flint, dry tinder, and steel of the best; but there will be a noise, and they may notice something. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z She had no tinder box, coals must be brought from a neighbor’s. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z "Let him go—throw him out—you will all burn up in five minutes more—this old wooden house burns like tinder." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z All seated themselves; I struck flint, blew the tinder to a coal, and lighted a silver birch-shred. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z This friction in time produces smoke and then sparks, which, when you blow upon them, ignite the tinder. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z It is the match, which needs only to be rubbed,—or the tinder waiting for the spark,—or the acid for the alkali. Insanity Its Causes and Prevention 2011-08-29T02:01:05.400Z She was a little bit of a match-maker—most kind-hearted women are; the tinder they play with is much better left alone, but they don't remember that! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z I've seen him make a fire in a rain before, and that was the way he got hold of some tinder for a start. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z And it was, no doubt, something of these that men noticed—and her youth and inexperience, which is tender tinder to hardened flint that is ever eager to strike fire and start soft stuff blazing. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z As he stood with his back to her, looking down upon the smouldering tinder, some trick in the posture brought her a quick thrill of wretchedness. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Already blazing fragments were dropping from the tree into the dead grass at the edge of the 'Jungle,' and the brushwood burned like tinder when kindled. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z “I saw it just now; and you can knock it against the end of your knife—” “You stupe; there’s no tinder.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z By the flash their wild faces could be seen, with their puffed cheeks and lips sticking out, blowing the lighted tinder. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The great heaps of sawdust and rubbish, as dry as tinder, offered fuel for the flames unsurpassed elsewhere in the forest. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Memories slumbered in his soul like sparks in a tinder; the lightest breath might kindle them to a clear blaze. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z The water sizzled as it fell, but the canvas covering was burning like tinder. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z No, I will fire it now, while they are in the parlor, and trust to its going like tinder, as it will. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z Evidently Vassily was looking for flint and tinder, while the other Cossacks began to call in a low voice: "Where are you?" With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Flint and tinder box were used instead and live coals were kept as a basis for the next day's fire. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The guard-furrows would check the flame, but they could not stop the sparks, and sheaves and tall stubble lay spread like tinder for them to fall among. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z They are there because their treasure is, and a kind word spoken to them about their young hopeful is like a spark of fire upon tinder. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z It inflamed Russia’s rivalry with the Ottoman Empire over the Balkans, providing the tinder for World War I. And by thwarting Russian’s ambitions in Europe, it made possible the fatal rise of Germany. Why the Crimean War Matters 2011-07-09T04:30:11Z There was a stoppage—a faint glow, as of a man blowing the tinder, and I became myself again, and mad with fear, I crawled through the trap. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z The tinder box bone-dry brush and high winds did the rest. Crews gain fighting New Mexico wildfire, now fear floods 2011-07-05T01:25:59Z The flame licked up the tinder and burst into a brilliant torch. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z But at last the end came with a thunder upon the cupboard door, the panels were ripped like tinder, and something vast launched itself through the wrecked woodwork. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z But she clasped its tinder and ashes in her hands, cried over them, and finally left the room with the precious relics clasped to her heart. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z I had a flint and tinder, and gathering some dry wood and twigs, I contrived with some difficulty to light a fire. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z The hut was old and as dry as tinder. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The grass which had sprung up rank and luxuriant withered again, and now the farm, which was much under-stocked, lay like a clay potsherd covered with tinder. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z He found a pipe, a tinder box, tobacco, some dried roots, and a few strings for the ramkee in course of preparation out of sinew; nothing else. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The foliage of these trees is like tinder.” The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z A shower of sparks scattered across the small pile of dry grass and twigs by the wall, and then slowly, tentatively the tinder began to glow. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z These privations were still more painful to his wife, and her death added one more calamity to those tinder which he already groaned. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Furboots had been the tourniquet which stopped the hemorrhage of Lenette's open, streaming artery; but his departure had taken the German tinder stopping from her eyes and now they streamed unstanched. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "Rotha!" exclaimed Antoinette; and a cloudy shadow of displeasure and suspicion forthwith fell over her face; not tinder such good control as her mother's. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Looking back they saw that the candle had fallen against the timber, which was dry as tinder. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Flamin's fire had yesterday burned Victor's bosom to a heap of tinder, through which nothing but sparks were running. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z "Well, some companies is agreeable to the acceptance of infantry at a very tinder age and will pay at their disease if the contractioning parties can prove there ain't no poultry play." Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z Being myself of a somewhat inflammable nature, I make it a rule to travel on these in preference to the old-fashioned tinder boxes of ten years ago whenever I can. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z The timbers of the dwelling house, old and dry, were burning almost like tinder. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z "The wood was as dry as tinder," averred Miss Hollister, not without irritation. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z While the region is expecting some thunderstorms through Sunday, that rainfall will not be enough to cool the dry tinder and thick burning wood, said Byrd. Fires Scorch More than One Million Acres across Texas 2011-04-21T15:15:00.287Z One was by striking two hard pieces of stone—such as chert or pyrites—together, which gave a spark, which was caught on tinder and blown to a flame. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z “Tell the coachman to clap the horses into my carriage—quick as tinder.” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z A fine flare-up it made, and it as dry as tinder; but I’d scarce ha’ thought you’d see it that far. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Well, one gathered brushwood, and another took out tinder and flint, and they soon had a big fire roaring, and my grandfather could see Patrick plainly enough. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Plants that thrived in wet weather turned to tinder under a cold, dry winter. Firefighters struggle to contain Texas wildfire 2011-04-11T00:52:57Z Then it was as if waves of gasoline were poured onto the tinder. Explaining Congo?s Endless Civil War 2011-04-02T14:30:02Z And with that the flame sprang brightly up for a second or two, and then went black out, so that O'Moore had to grope about to find tinder to strike a light. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z You will catch them, as your coat is a kind of tinder, ha! ha! ha! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z “I suppose Miss Miller will find endless ways to use this tinder, just as she did for the sea-shore pebbles and shells,” remarked May, laughingly. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z But those wooden beams, and roofs dry as tinder—they’d be set ablaze by the first arrow sent at them.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z At least a score or more of times he has been found in the morning with the paper burnt to black tinder all round him, but neither himself nor the bed-clothes in the slightest singed. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Wagons, tilts, every stick and stitch of them are dry as tinder; the very pack-saddles would be ablaze with the first spark that fell on them.” The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z It is certainly true that the dry tinder of social discontent is just as present in China as in the Middle East. Is China Next? 2011-03-11T23:36:49Z How!” again chorused the Woodcrafters, and the tinder now burning brightly, was placed in the earthen dish and the dish set in the enclosure made by the logs. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z A fair-sized hole had been charred right through the folds and the tinder dropped as I opened out the sheet. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Gusts of 50 miles per hour were fanning the flames, which have so far consumed "at least" five structures, and more than 500 acres of tinder dry land, Silver City Fire Lt. New Mexico wildfire burns homes, forces evacuations 2011-03-08T02:18:59Z Then he gathered the fragments in his hand and strewed them upon some tinder in the chimney and applied a match. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z They marched into the blazing orifices they had opened in the hills, snapping with their mandibles at the leaping flames, springing at the glowing tinder. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z “Couldn’t we place our dish of smoking tinder inside it and make the artifice still better?” asked Jane. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z His heart, he says, was "completely tinder, and eternally lighted up by some goddess or other." The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z They are technological tinder that helps ignite Arab youth. Twitter is no substitute for proper war reporting ? just look at Libya 2011-02-27T00:05:45Z He was asking Russell, one of the country's most prominent African-Americans, to risk his life, to teach basketball to kids — black and white — in the racial tinder box that was Jackson. Medgar Evers' assassination in 1963 inspired Bill Russell to offer help in Mississippi 2011-02-20T02:56:36Z Ah, that walk up the hillside, which had been as a torch to the tinder of his grandmother's anger! Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The fire was now placed in the earthen dish and as the wild-wood tinder, that was placed on top of the fire flared up, the dish was placed on the board. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z The grass, which was like dry tinder an hour before, is replaced by the vegetation about it, which now begins to revive under the action of the life-giving bounty of Heaven. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z “We have no flint nor steel, any of us; and if we had, where find the tinder?” Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z There’s still suspicion abroad—plenty of it,—and like a spark applied to tinder, a word would set it ablaze.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Whether it spreads or not depends on the quality of the tinder in neighboring states, and the Middle East is home to some of the most oppressive regimes on the planet. Freedom in Mideast Carries Cost We All Might Pay: Kevin Hassett 2011-02-07T02:04:01Z The dry wood caught like tinder, and when Cyril and the girl arrived the whole place was hidden weirdly by dense black smoke, amidst which flashed sinister points of fire. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The next moment they would rise and float upon the surface, black unshapely masses of tinder. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Saying this he fumbled in his pocket for his tinder and flint, while Christian drew out of his pocket the butt of a candle that he had provided himself with for the occasion. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z In the above paragraph our young friend has been called by a Christian name, different to that tinder which we were lately presented to her. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Many things were in that sleeve—steel, flint, and tinder, tobacco pouch, money bag, and among it all the girl discovered a new packet, done up in silver paper. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Let him stare at the flame to the end of time; only look sharp that he doesn't claw your tinder. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z The fabric crumbled in their hands like tinder, and instead of lifting it off readily each pulled up a small quantity of moldering fiber. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z Without hurrying, without losing his calmness, he pulled from his pocket a tinder box, a wick and a flint and steel. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Around this notch he places a small quantity of the tinder. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z He plucked a handful of dry grass for tinder, arranged his fire, and lighted it with a sulphur match that he took from a corked bottle. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z This said, the justice lighted his pipe, muttering his imprecations against untimely jokes and bad tinder. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Thus snugly ensconced, he took out his pipe, with flint, steel, and tinder, struck a light, and commenced smoking. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z “It is conceivable that accommodative monetary policy could provide tinder for a buildup of leverage and excessive risk-taking,” she said. Wall Street Slips as Traders Keep Eye on Fed 2010-10-12T14:10:00Z The spindle, revolving rapidly, bores its way down into the block, the dust which is worn from the block and spindle filtering down through the notch among the dry tinder. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z “If you think of the debt as the tinder to fuel the blaze, that tinder wasn’t there,” said Robert Lawless, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law who specializes in bankruptcy. Tighter Credit Means Fewer Bankruptcies 2010-09-23T20:15:00Z Such bets added considerable tinder to the financial conflagration that erupted in 2008. Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence 2010-07-10T20:09:00Z Better phrases to use would include "powder keg" and "tinder box" and "about to kick off". Ask England's Twenty20 team: only weather can rein in Irish cricket 2010-05-07T23:40:00Z "The tinder is dry in Jerusalem," says one Western diplomat. Is it Too Late to Share Jerusalem? 2010-03-26T08:55:00Z All that is necessary then is to place fine, dry twigs over the tinder and then coarser wood, and this wonderful feat of building a fire without matches is accomplished. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z Officials in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government accused local authorities of creating a racial tinder box by turning a blind eye to the influx of tens of thousands of undocumented workers. 2010-01-12T05:02:00Z The country was as dry as tinder, and in the space of a very few minutes the flames swept to the other end of the portage, licking up in passing those valuable boxes and contents. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The man, thus appealed to, gathered his wits sufficiently to answer, and the honored names of Cave and Roe acted as sparks on tinder. The Great Mogul The greatest wonder to us was that the whole town had not been burnt down long ago, since all the bazaar houses were wooden and dry as tinder. A Kut Prisoner Her dusk-black eyes burned and blazed like flame through tinder smoke as she confronted the detective. Whispering Wires On either side of the rill the grass and brush flared like tinder, and the flames swept up the cleft far quicker than we had expected. Into the Primitive The brush was dry as tinder, not so heavy as to choke the wind, but yet tall enough to carry the flame into the tree tops. The Voice of the Pack They were all tinder at once, but after a little burning and glowing had to retire, extinguished as if by a gush of cold water. Barbarossa and Other Tales Under no circumstances should a camper use artificial tinder of any kind. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Like tinder the dried firs burst into a shower of sparks, and with a call to the men, he darted after it. Unexplored! The object which I held in my hand, and which he had evidently overlooked, was a tinder-box, or rather a box containing tinder, flint, and steel, and little chips of wood tipped with sulphur. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne The shavings and store of logs in the hut burned like tinder, promptly creating a raging furnace wholly beyond the control of the unthinking dolts who started it. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 For owing to the long ride and great sultriness while the storm was gathering, I suddenly became intolerably thirsty, and felt that I should turn to tinder unless I could get a draught of wine. Barbarossa and Other Tales |
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