flame
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"However, if these batteries are faulty, over-charged or damaged, the stored energy may be released rapidly in the form of flame jets and burning projectiles," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Welsh actor Luke Evans, who played Frank-N-Furter in a Broadway revival, called Curry "a force, a bright fierce flame, an exquisite charm".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
“Once you wear the uniform,” he says, “the blue flame never goes out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The light in his chest burst into a flame with joy, then it sputtered.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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British racing driver Ollie Millroy says it is a "miracle I'm alive" after fellow driver Loek Hartog saved him from his car when it was engulfed in flames.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Galicia was preaching at his church in South L.A. when flames engulfed his home, where he lived with an extended family of 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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
Among them is what he describes as a "fire organ tractor trailer", an organ that shoots flames and is mounted on the back of a lawnmower.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It extended one large grey paw and patted the flames -then leapt back with an outraged yelp.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
“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
A crimson cloak flamed from his naked shoulders.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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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
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
To caption a video of flaming debris in January, he wrote, “Entertainment is guaranteed!” and, after the March explosion, he posted, “Rockets are hard.”
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
She stared through them, her face flaming, hoping none of them would ask her to dance.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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