torch
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As she ran, she said she had looked back to see his torch seeking her out.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
To the contrary, the entire discussion on YouTube was about Grande’s body, not the video’s visuals or the music, a lovely torch song where she compares herself to a “petal in the pavement.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Once underwater, they sliced through the ship’s steel using a torch with a self-consuming rod burning at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I accept the responsibility to help carry the torch and move it forward, and hand it off to the Jennie Finches and the Cat Ostermans,” Fernandez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
We took a torch through the trees until we came to the clearing with the apple tree, standing so still and perfect in the dark.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
In a video, two officers are seen wading into the Bristol Channel with torches at about 21:45 on 22 October 2025 and pulling Bennett out.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
South San Francisco-based Burnbot has developed monstrous tracked machines with arrays of torches for the same purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
With little visibility -- battery-powered torches being the only sources of light -- she helped to deliver the babies using her bare hands.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Instead of working with a massive furnace, participants use small torches, making the process feel more approachable and easier to control.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
The giant poinsettias in the courtyard looked like flaming torches.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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