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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

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

When Evans faced Ali to pass the flame, she knew she wouldn’t need to resort to Plan B.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Runners could honor the Olympic movement’s past or future while celebrating L.A. and sports before passing the flame to the final torchbearer to light the cauldron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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

“When the dome of Limoges town hall went up in flames and came crashing down, it was not just a roof that collapsed. A little of the soul of France was burning before our eyes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Five firefighters died in East Java last week after they were overwhelmed by smoke and flames in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 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

Instead of containing the flames, the building's sprinkler system activates everywhere, flooding the entire house and causing widespread damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Had he died in the flames, and was he now trapped in some sort of parallel universe?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

“Every one of these flamed out,” he reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 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

After debuting his plan in the 2005 State of the Union address, he barnstormed the country in support of it — and the idea flamed out like a SpaceX rocket.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

By the time the principal steps up to the podium to begin the awards ceremony, my entire face has flamed red from my lies.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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

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

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

Her poor kid cowered at her side, pulling down the bill of his baseball cap, his dirt-covered cheeks flaming.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas