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Since the beginning of the year, lone attackers have set fire to a governor’s mansion in Pennsylvania, shot and killed a young Jewish couple in Washington, D.C. and firebombed a pro-Israel march in Boulder, Colorado.
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Will Carless, USA Today, 18 June 2025
In April, for example, a man allegedly set fire to Penn.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 16 June 2025
In the Central Plateau, where gangs set fire to a municipal market on Sunday, attacks in towns like Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau have more than doubled the number of people on the run in just a few months, rising from around 68,000 to over 147,000 people.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
On the other side of the 101, vandals set fire to a row of Waymos.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
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Will Carless, USA Today, 18 June 2025
In April, for example, a man allegedly set fire to Penn.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 16 June 2025
In the Central Plateau, where gangs set fire to a municipal market on Sunday, attacks in towns like Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau have more than doubled the number of people on the run in just a few months, rising from around 68,000 to over 147,000 people.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
On the other side of the 101, vandals set fire to a row of Waymos.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
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“Set fire to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20fire%20to. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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