flames
Example Sentences
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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
Experts said the flames are being fanned by a turbo-charged El Nino weather phenomenon, causing the worst pollution conditions in years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Still, there were only a few of us and we were facing 20-foot flames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
When the pair first saw the fire, the flames were "probably five metres above the building".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
On a night like this one, with the cold December wind pushing at the flames, the harbor would ignite.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
