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“He used a fire extinguisher in an attempt to extinguish the fire and observed additional fires spotting in close proximity,” the report states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

A mathematical model possesses neither intent, malice nor the will to defy its creators, let alone extinguish our species.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Earlier this week, Indonesia's forestry minister Raja Juli Antoni told reporters that the battle to extinguish the current wildfires was entering a critical phase.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Did you extinguish all the candles before you left? Did you put out the fire in the fireplace?”

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

When they die, the step-up in basis extinguishes the prior capital gains liability forever, leaving only a tax on any gains for the heirs reaped starting from the date of their inheritance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

Navy in the 1960s, the foams form an aqueous film around burning gasoline and other flammable liquids, which quickly deprives the fire of oxygen and extinguishes it.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

“We can eradicate this insidious disease that decimates communities and extinguishes lives far too soon.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

That extinguishes sunlight from reaching a narrow corridor of Earth, transforming day to night.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

Masjid throws me a glance of surprise in the rearview mirror, and I catch a faint glimmer of a smile that he quickly extinguishes.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two months after the country's largest blaze since 1949 broke out, authorities said Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He ended that speech saying that Diana would “never be extinguished from our minds,” a line he now says he included as a retort to Charles’s call saying that she would be forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The blaze has been extinguished, the fire department said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The fires have since been extinguished and the road has reopened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

The lawyer’s sally induced guffaws, a courtroom flare-up that Judge Tate’s dour gaze soon extinguished.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

"Firefighters are working on extinguishing the fire and assessing patients," it said on X.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Favourable conditions including low wind and rainfall on Saturday meant emergency responders were able to make "marked improvements" in extinguishing large sections of the six square kilometre area affected.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Mexico had just lost 3-2 to England, extinguishing the hope that it could parlay its World Cup co-host role into the deepest tournament run in the country’s history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Trump administration officials affirmed Cole Allen shot a Secret Service officer, extinguishing doubt about the source of the gunfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Suddenly I began to scream, getting up in the darkness and plunging wildly about, bumping against walls, scattering coal, and in my anger extinguishing my feeble light.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison