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inferno

[in-fur-noh, een-fer-naw] / ɪnˈfɜr noʊ, inˈfɛr nɔ /


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“When I looked out of my daughter’s bedroom, it looked like an inferno, an apocalypse,” she recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Firefighters in France have been battling an inferno in the region around the city of Bordeaux that has burned more than 100,000 acres, marking the area’s largest blaze since a deadly fire in 1949.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country, Filippi told AFP about the phenomenon.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Last year, Pacific Palisades-based fashion designer Elyse Walker said she would reopen her eponymous store in Palisades Village after losing her 25-year flagship location on Antioch Street to the inferno.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Tonight, like an inferno burning outward in all directions from a single ignition point, the news that Lincoln had been shot spread from Ford’s in an ever-widening circle.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

The forest infernos, raging for days unchecked in France's southwest and in central Spain near Madrid, were among the worst each nation has seen in peacetime.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

President Trump last month lambasted the company’s “absolutely horrible” response to the L.A. infernos.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

There is mounting evidence that in both the Eaton and Palisades infernos, fumbles by fire department personnel contributed to disastrous consequences.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

After these infernos, invasive grasses often took over in hardened, infertile soils.

From Salon Apr. 30, 2025

The current carried infernos everywhere, and their bright blazes turned the water into swirling oranges and reds.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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