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ember

[em-ber] / ˈɛm bər /
NOUN
piece of burned matter
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He stayed in his truck outside the affordable senior complex, trying to keep an eye on things: warding off looters, putting out ember flare-ups, responding to flooding when the building’s sprinklers finally burst back on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

The ember cast transformed what started as a wildfire into a full-blown urban conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

“For people I’ve talked to who lost their homes, fire front versus ember cast mean nothing other than there was fire in their community, in their neighborhood, burning down homes,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

India Today magazine called the film a "dead ember".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

I take his spoon, fish out an ember from our fire, and send him on his way.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

In the 19th century, locomotives threw off hot embers that set nearby fields and barns ablaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Our facilities and infrastructure for firefighting are very limited," he told AFP, standing on the smouldering embers of a peatland fire separated from a residential settlement by a narrow dirt road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Wind could then carry flames and embers beyond the immediate area of the original fire, he explained.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

As the night grows black and the last embers start to dull, “Her Private Hell” sends you off to bed wondering if it could all be true.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Someone from one of the cabins must have left a shirt draped over a chair near the embers, or a Bible on a table too close to the flames.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone


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