pyre
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Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
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
But when the time came for the festival’s grand finale, the burning and explosion of the snowman atop a pyre, high winds kicked up and the ceremony was scuttled for safety reasons.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Custer firefighters prepared and lighted the torches for residents to carry in a march to the pyre Saturday night in the 11th Burning Beetle fest, the Rapid City Journal reported.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024
As the pyre was kindled, on a rocky height above it a woman appeared.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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