smolder
Example Sentences
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She didn’t think the smoldering warranted particular concern, given the fire had just been contained a few hours earlier.
From Los Angeles Times
The Times found that a battalion chief ordered firefighters to roll up their hoses and leave the burn area despite complaints by crews that the ground still was smoldering.
From Los Angeles Times
In October, federal investigators announced the Palisades fire appeared to explode from a small brush fire still smoldering from a week prior.
From Los Angeles Times
Passions still smolder below the surface, but there is not enough oxygen to let them flame into life.
A Times investigation later found that firefighters were ordered to leave the smoldering burn site, instead of monitoring the burn area for reignitions.
From Los Angeles Times
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