flame
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When he releases the button, the flame goes out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Lomas was also selected to light the Paralympic flame in 2012 and was appointed MBE in 2017 for her fundraising efforts.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
People stop to photograph details destined to disappear in the cremà, when the monuments go up in flame.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Pale ladies on gilt chairs, their skirts arranged, the candle flame playing across their jewels.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
According to him, America would have burst into flames and melted into the bedrock mantle if he hadn’t come to town.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wind could then carry flames and embers beyond the immediate area of the original fire, he explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
David Price is one of those whose home escaped the flames in Stourbridge and he is still trying to understand why it was spared.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Images shared by the Kenya Red Cross on X in the afternoon showed a crash site in flames.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Are you crazy?” he shouts, once the flames are dead.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
In the autumn the leaves flamed and rat- fled before the west winds, tempering their sad atheu with glory.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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 flaming ear of corn transforms into a crankshaft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
The sky blacked by the smoke from flaming vehicles was visible from Saunders's suite in a luxury hotel along Puerto Vallarta's main strip.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
No one could match the fineness or colors of the widow's silver clouds, flaming flowers, or crystal lakes.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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