torch
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Tim Cook isn’t just passing the torch, he is handing over one of the corporate world’s biggest successes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
After 15 seasons and countless battles against fellow stars of the league, Ogwumike seems content to pass the torch to the next generation of players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
In neighbouring Bangladesh, students gave a call for a "torch rally" on Thursday evening to express their solidarity for protesters in Delhi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Right behind them came the man with the torch.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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
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
Serhiy Motsak, a shift director at one of Ukraine’s thermal-power plants, spent this past winter knocking ice from the equipment and сarrying around torches to heat it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Battalion members prepared the drones in pitch dark, illuminated only by red torches.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
And still there was more to reap: horns were turned into spoons, sinews into bowstrings, tallow into fuel for torches.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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