campfire
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He’s just some mud-brown monstrosity roaming the Vale of Arryn and treating livestock like campfire marshmallows.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The return of nostalgic favorites, like campfire meals and ham dinners, are helping to woo back guests, too, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
They sat around the campfire that night talking about the remarkable life of the man they had rescued and the lessons to be learned from his plight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Sitting around a campfire, they hold candles to commemorate their missing loved ones.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Most expire quietly, like a campfire at dawn.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Maine’s camp culture combines rustic canoe trips and campfires with a polished social ecosystem that brings convoys of black SUVs to the state every summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
In Northern California, fire-evacuation “go bags” are normal, campfires are essentially a thing of the past, and even people living outside take fire risks seriously.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024
He said campfires on dry ground were dangerous and campers often left litter and human excrement.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Some areas may have additional restrictions such as prohibitions against campfires.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
It was a short way through the night to Lee’s headquarters, and they rode past low sputtering campfires with the spy puffing exuberant blue smoke like a happy furnace.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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