burst into flames
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The difference was that unlike the iPod, the iPhone or any MacBook, F1’s product went 200 miles an hour and occasionally burst into flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
On Sunday, he said the men died returning from the operation to dismantle the synthetic drug labs after the truck skidded off the road, fell down a ravine and burst into flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
On 20 July, the first parcel Suranovas had posted burst into flames at Leipzig airport in Germany.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
He thought of it in the weeks and months after his Tesla Cybertruck hit a tree and burst into flames in Reseda, leaving him hospitalized for six days.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The air grew hotter, until she was sure the entire world had burst into flames.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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