ember
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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
All the homes on the outer edge of the community are built to a standard with a real fixation on being a line of defense for ember storms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
‘Our initial crews were able to do a lot of protecting of structures, but that’s where the ember casts come into play.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
There was no alarm in his voice, just a tiny seed of awareness, a hot ember glowing suddenly in the grass.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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
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
Communication failures and questionable decisions led crews to leave the area prematurely; embers from the small Jan. 1 fire later reignited into the giant Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The man poked the coals with his marshmallow stick, and glowing embers floated into the air.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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