flame
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At both those public events I used matches from tower 100 to light the flame that fed others in the audience, and said a few words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
There’s a flame in my heart that wasn’t there before watching this movie, and that’s as great as a review can get.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Experts say fire from burning heather can reach heights of six metres and that fire breaks need to be three times the flame height.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Once everything is in place, Gardner tests the fire — there are buttons he presses with each thumb to ignite the flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It was the third speaker who lit a flame inside me and filled me with the knowledge that this movement was my destiny.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Aerial footage showed a large fire that appeared to involve shipping containers and cars, and the wreckage of a helicopter, whose mangled tail and rotors could be seen in the flames.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Images shared on social media showed massive flames rising above the building in the darkness, while a fire truck sprayed water to tackle the flames.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld himself ran toward the flames and helped carry the wounded from the crash site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He was in his garden sunbathing when flames started spreading towards his house on Gorleston Road in Warstock, Birmingham, on 13 August.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The woods all around it were a wall of flames.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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
Newt turned on him, his face flushed red, his eyes flamed with fury.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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The company said that behind the most intense "flaming zones",the fire had left a trail of burning vegetation.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A woman testified that she saw Stout get out of the flaming car and push it over the dirt mound, where it rolled down the embankment and ignited the dry vegetation at the bottom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
International fans who have lived with this flaming dumpster of technology have to chuckle at a Jason-come-lately discovering the bane of their existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"While this may look like just a baton," Bresnik said, "it feels like big flaming hot Olympic torch."
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Abel had not been keeping track of the days, but the color of the leaves was being transformed from green to various yellows, burning golds, flaming reds, and he realized it was October.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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