ember
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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
Some residents in Rainham believe an ember from the fires on Arnolds Field might have started that blaze.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
She uncovered an ember from the ashes and shredded little pieces of cornhusk over it and blew a little flame into the corn- husks so that a tiny light danced through the hut.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
These are caused by the final, violent deaths of giant stars and by the collisions of the embers they leave behind.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Even when Fuki gets away from the city, the camera lingers on her watching a campfire’s dying embers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The dying embers of earnings season also kept investors busy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
After firefighters extinguished the Jan. 1 blaze, torrential winds reignited the embers a week later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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