flame
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For the new study, the researchers examined much larger particles created through a patented high-temperature flame process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
To grill is to cook food a few inches above glowing charcoal or a gas flame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As the chants continued, fans flocked from all corners of the stadium like moths to a flame, and the group grew from a few dozen to a few hundred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining, which also mines copper and antimony, a flame retardant mineral, could be a backdoor AI play given the demand for wiring in data centers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Now they had combined the two and were heating the resulting mixture over a gas flame, which seemed harmless enough.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Roaring flames devastated a tenth of the UNESCO-listed Fontainebleau forest outside Paris, in a rare such fire so far north.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
A fire nearby is still burning, and almost 90 personnel and a helicopter have been deployed to get the flames under control.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The ferns themselves may have supplied much of the fuel that kept the flames spreading.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Temperatures topped 40C and gusts of hot wind fanned the flames in the southern Italian island, where wildfires have been raging for several days.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
As he watched the dancing flames he felt something struggling to break free inside him.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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The 1988 presidential campaign of Alexander Haig, a former four-star general who served as Ronald Reagan’s first secretary of state, flamed out amid GOP infighting over the Iran–Contra affair.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
His teams were good enough to earn No. 1 or No. 2 seeds, but flamed out before the Elite Eight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Other standouts included flamed A5 wagyu topped with foie gras and melt-in-your-mouth hamachi in yuzu and soy, finished with serrano and a dollop of sriracha.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
Doubts about a Fed rate cut next month were also flamed by the release of much-delayed September jobs data.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
It flared and flamed, illuminating the inside of the hall.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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In U.S. television, there’s a tendency to open every piece of sports programming with a clash of cymbals and a rhinoceros jumping through a flaming hoop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
A flaming ear of corn transforms into a crankshaft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Last year, three of Starship’s five launches exploded at unexpected points on their flight paths, twice raining flaming debris over congested commercial airways and disrupting flights.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
Thousands of people, some dressed as Vikings carrying flaming torches, marched through Scotland's capital of Edinburgh as a procession kicked off the country's world-famous New Year celebrations.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
Sarah Cohen had flaming red hair, the color of a penny in the summer sun.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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