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Payne instructed Evans that if that happened, she was to grab his arm, pick up the specially engineered torch that would never extinguish and light the fuse ball together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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

Here, volunteer firefighters have been risking their lives and lungs to extinguish burning peatlands which are notoriously difficult to put out.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

What had begun as an initiative to put slavery on the road to extinction had been transformed into a decision to extinguish all federal plans for emancipation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Cheap, whose driving desire to prove himself completely extinguishes his common sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

It’s gasp-inducing, but Blount says it extinguishes itself quickly and barely leaves a mark on the cloth.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

Portia extinguishes them with some kind of spray from a canister.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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

Glamorgan won the League Two T20 Blast but Hannah Davis extinguished any hopes of a double with two swift wickets, including the key one of Gammon when she was caught in the deep for 58.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

It did this several times, moving in a circle around the now largely extinguished fire.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

"Emergency services rushed to the scene and found the vehicle completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters carried out rescue and extinguishing operations. A security perimeter was set up," a police statement said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Its title suggests the regime is moving toward national reconciliation by extinguishing the spurious records it created of crimes it claims its opponents committed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

The company that flips the houses it buys online reported a widening loss of $1.1 billion, from a $113 million loss in the year-ago period, mostly on the cost of extinguishing debt.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Those heading toward the village met some of Capricorn's men running back from extinguishing the fire.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke