torch
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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
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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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