flambeau

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

S'il est encor là-bas des caves de mystère Où tout flambeau s'éteint ou recule effaré, Plutôt que d'en peupler les coins par des chimères Nous préférons ne point savoir que nous leurrer.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan

One light--the single flambeau which had escaped extinguishing--threw a ghastly glare on the surge of scowling ruffians.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

—The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

The flambeau trees in the Parque Isabel were like conflagrations.

From The Bright Shawl by Hergesheimer, Joseph