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flame

[fleym] / fleɪm /






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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

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

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

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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