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Be it with candles or the pine sticks preferred in Sagada, lighting a flame is "inviting the presence of Christ with us, having fellowship with our departed loved ones", he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

That local mandate stemmed from research by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety showing that wind-driven embers—not direct flame contact—cause 60% to 90% of structural ignitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

But Yank’s sense of dignity proves as fragile as a candle flame; it’s instantly snuffed out when Mildred appears and reviles him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The portfolio his circle has prepared is already impressive while he finds more football targets to keep the flame alive.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

I struck a match, and she held the tip of her sparkler into the heart of the little flame.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Contractors who witnessed the incident described seeing flames coming from the rear tyres of the lorry and Lloyd's boots before he collapsed.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The people of Sagada did not always light flames over their dead, or even bury them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

An inner buffer against direct flames and heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Roots that held the soil in place have burned and the vicious flames seared the dirt, limiting its ability to absorb water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sinchi hung the iron kettle over the roaring fire using tongs, then joined the others around the flames.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

In what is likely the most watched soccer match in the country’s history, they flamed out in epic fashion with a blowout defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

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

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

The fall before that, their title defense flamed out against the underdog Atlanta Braves in the NL Championship Series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

Behind him the sky flamed over the mummy-shaped outline of the Libyan cliffs, gateway to the awesome Valley of the Tombs of the Kings.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Ali, trembling from the effects of Parkinson’s disease but with strength still evident, held the flaming torch aloft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The company said that behind the most intense "flaming zones",the fire had left a trail of burning vegetation.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

Parkkonen, who appears on stage as enigmatic and brooding while lamenting his unanswered love next to a flaming confessional, hoped the song will serve as "a helping hand".

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

On the night of May 10, 1933, in many German cities, university students and Storm Troopers carried flaming torches and marched behind trucks and oxcarts filled with banned books.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti