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torch

[tawrch] / tɔrtʃ /


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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

Lai is carrying a torch lit by her husband, Collin, who died last year at the age of 96 after years of fighting to make the park a reality.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 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

He said he gets transported back to his childhood when he goes in, "memories of walking around with a torch with hardly any batteries, getting lost underground".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Quietly, another soldier entered with a small torch, unbound her hands, and offered her a cake.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

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

Another trend visible across social networks is one of growing emergency preparedness: people stockpiling canned food, torches and water bottles, and assembling emergency backpacks.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

Still, it seems the villagers have put down their torches and pitchforks for now.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

Occasionally, they toss these flaming torches to each other in a shower of sparks.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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