flame
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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
The sight lit “a flame in me,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Security video of the facility, released by police, shows a small flame suddenly appearing in the dark room of the storage facility, eventually growing into a fire and filling the room with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
A long-awaited home run from Shohei Ohtani briefly stoked the flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
A wonderful red dragon reared across the green cover, its claws outstretched, a shaft of flame rocketing from its mouth.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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Families have criticised the authorities' actions, including the decision not to send an emergency alert to mobile phones as the flames closed in.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Duncan Chard said his father, who had two artificial knees and walked with a stick, left his house with Christine as soon as they saw the flames.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Rinderknecht repeatedly tried to call 911, but later falsely told investigators he had first spotted the flames from farther down a hiking trail, the prosecutor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Both she and Bruno Retailleau, head of the right-wing Republicans, described images of the officer in flames as "unbearable".
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
A few yards away, the trees that surrounded Nova’s yard began to burst into 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
“Every one of these flamed out,” he reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 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
My scalp still flamed, but not as badly; I could bear it.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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A flaming ear of corn transforms into a crankshaft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Next best thing: Meteors flaming across the sky during the August 12-13 Perseid shower peak promise the brightest show in years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Some of her favourite moments include Beaker losing his eyeballs in a science experiment and Gonzo wearing flaming roller skates - to give a flavour of the chaos.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
I spit out the pellets and jumped near the flaming metal box to sample this food, but the long-furred Human pushed me off.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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