flame
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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
South Korea said North Korean land mines “highly likely” caused the explosions based on the blast crater, flame patterns and the soldiers’ injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The torch and the flame endure in an ever-changing Olympic movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
No sooner does Steinem kindle the flame of what might be a good story than she douses it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
My words burst out of me like an angry flame.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
"She had to leave her habitat, and we had to rescue her, primarily because of the flames," said Andi Muhammad Khadafi, head of the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
A historic Black church in South Los Angeles that had been severely damaged in two previous fires went up in flames for a third time before sunrise Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
"She had to leave her habitat, and we had to rescue her, primarily because of the flames," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The alarm was raised by a neighbour who was in the nearby Tyler's Arms when he noticed smoke and large flames.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Skin tingling, I sprinkle salt like Grandpa taught me on the skinned squirrels, adjusting the grill above the flames.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In fact, what the race revealed were the weaknesses and limitations of an ineffective candidate who would have almost certainly flamed out in the general election.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 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
“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
The roses flamed up as though with a sudden passion from within; a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the books.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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
Showing her aching vulnerability, it's about a bank clerk with flaming locks of auburn hair who flirted with her husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
His lungs felt like he’d inhaled a flaming cabbage.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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