candle
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However, listing images of the property show that it is now completely empty—with not a single Juicy Couture sweatsuit or scented candle in sight, suggesting that Madison has vacated the home completely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Moments after he blows out the candle on his cake, John’s father places a rifle in his hands.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Amazon listed unlicensed products including $17 Taylor Swift T-shirts, $30 BTS trinket collections, $13 Mariah Carey bracelets and a $30 Lady Gaga candle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The church has invited people to light a candle for the town's "much-loved pet shop lady".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
She roused herself just enough to blow out the candle on her bedside table.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
The fan art features moody Ivy League backdrops with bunny ears, heavy tomes, blood-red candles and saccharine doll-like fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Crowds arrived several hours before the funeral began to light candles outside the church, accompanied by a choir on a loudspeaker in the sunshine.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Fans gathered at the park in recent days to pay tribute to Parton, dropping off flowers, candles and balloons.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
She has received discounts on some items, like candles, while others—including invitations, bridesmaid dresses and groomsmen tuxedos, even her wedding gown—were free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She turns the light back on, and we blow out the candles.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Unlike with most poultry, the eggs cannot be candled to check on the embryo growing inside for the 52 days between laying and hatching.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
Early on, she candled eggs for a poultry farm while he played “frisbee on the green.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
The modern egghead has his head candled by the light of psychoanalysis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample eggs are then candled to determine whether the agent is properly infecting the embryos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
Unclear, though certificates on the walls congratulate her on her mastery of ear candling and reiki.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2015
His wife, when not mothering their five boys and three girls, spent grueling days standing at a local produce house as she examined poultry eggs under a light - what they call candling.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2014
Sam Cruz, a 12-year IRS employee who works in candling, said he finds something left behind maybe two or three times for every thousand envelopes.
From Washington Post
The "ear debris" left in the candle's hollows, assumed by aficionados to be proof--however icky--that candling is doing its stuff, is nothing more than melted wax from the candle itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examining eggs to determine their quality is called "candling."
From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray
