campfire
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Hope was briefly sparked after a night-flying plane reported a person stoking a large campfire at Davis Lake below Mount Morgan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Britain's The Guardian newspaper said the movie "entertains us with creepy campfire tales" but the Hollywood Reporter called it a "dull existential drama" while The Wrap website described it as a "frustrating slog".
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
By night’s end, campfire settles into my clothes.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
On the opening “The Outlaw Cherie Lee,” as if sitting around a campfire, actor Jamie Foxx introduces the mythical story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He set the children to gather kindling wood for the campfire.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Maine’s camp culture combines rustic canoe trips and campfires with a polished social ecosystem that brings convoys of black SUVs to the state every summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Others included up to 30 campfires being set in one night at Glenmore near Aviemore that had to be extinguished by firefighters.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
If campfires are allowed, you must still secure a free campfire permit and have a copy with you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
In Northern California, fire-evacuation “go bags” are normal, campfires are essentially a thing of the past, and even people living outside take fire risks seriously.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024
It was a short way through the night to Lee’s headquarters, and they rode past low sputtering campfires with the spy puffing exuberant blue smoke like a happy furnace.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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