sparklers
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About 13,000 people were injured by fireworks last year and an estimated 1,300 emergency room treated injuries involved sparklers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Prosecutors believe the fire started when champagne bottles with sparklers attached were raised too close to the ceiling in the bar's basement level, igniting the sound insulation foam.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Befitting the name, the drink arrives in a frozen pineapple crowned with sparklers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Initial findings from an investigation suggest the fire began as sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited soundproof foam that lined the ceiling of the bar's basement.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
A group of tourists wandered along the streets, their cameras poised, their glittering eyeglasses shining like sparklers.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
