torch
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"While this may look like just a baton," Bresnik said, "it feels like big flaming hot Olympic torch."
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Dunn, 36, then had to shine a torch through the window of a neighbouring property to wake up another resident who was sleeping with an eye mask on and ear plugs in.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
"As I look back up the mountain, as I helped this guy descend, Hillary Dawa didn't appear to have moved, and certainly wasn't descending, because we would have seen his head torch."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Tools are scattered throughout the studio, including a plumber’s torch for melting glass, crockpots for pickling and a dental tool she uses to stamp her logo, VM, short for Verre Modern, onto her ceramics.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
We saw Rockefeller Center, drove through Central Park, and caught sight of the Statue of Liberty with her hopeful hoisted torch.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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