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Rabie said the settlers fled after villagers emerged from their homes, adding that local volunteers managed to extinguish the flames before they spread further.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Dozens of firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze, which has spread to a nearby forest.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

That is because cabin crews, who are trained to quickly extinguish a fire, can’t access cargo midflight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

In 2024, a fire at a Lineage cold-storage warehouse in Finley, Wash., took eight weeks to extinguish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

He went outside to extinguish the lamps beside the Waystone’s sign, only to find that he’d forgotten to light them earlier that evening.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Today, I bring your attention to the Colorado Supreme Court, which this month reaffirmed an inexplicable quirk of its excessive sentencing jurisprudence that preemptively extinguishes constitutional rights for entire categories of people.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

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

“The Sackler release extinguishes the claims of all opioid claimants except the United States, and therefore applies to an untold number of claimants who did not specifically consent to the release’s terms,” Ms. Prelogar wrote.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

One of the more subtle things that we added is showing how Ember extinguishes, disappears and comes back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

He extinguishes the last of the lights before ascending several flights to check on Chandresh.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Flashing ahead 15 years, Nafisi’s idealism is much reduced but not extinguished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The blaze was being extinguished, the emergency management ministry said, demanding "all-out" efforts to put it out, search for trapped survivors and treat the injured.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Kent Fire and Rescue Service also said it was called to Newton Road in Faversham just after 03:31, and the fire was extinguished shortly before 04:30.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Prosecutors allege the evidence shows the Lachman fire — which officials thought had been extinguished hours by Jan. 2 — smoldered for days and reignited amid hurricane-force winds on Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

There was a click of claw on stone, and a hiss like an extinguished flame.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

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

But it remains unclear whether those procedures in any way restricted firefighters from fully extinguishing the Lachman fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025

Havdalah was short: four simple blessings, a sip of wine, smelling the spices, and extinguishing the candle.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack