pyre
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If you have $35,000 in credit-card debt, not only should you cut up your cards, you should take the pieces and burn them on a pyre and vow never to make this mistake again.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Frangello writes, “I long to reach into the past and beg, ‘Don’t throw yourself on the pyre.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
The picture, along with Irish flags, appeared on a pyre in Dungannon on Tuesday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2023
As Jeanne tried to leap onto the pyre after Gwenforte, a soldier caught her by the shoulder and turned her around.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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