torch
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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
When Argentina gave the trophy back to Spain, it likely marked a passing of the torch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The latter is as defiant as Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” a torch song that boasts, “It’s not about being first/but knowing how to get there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Statue of Liberty, the copper-clad sculpture of a robed and crowned woman holding a torch above her head, sits in New York's harbor and draws millions of visitors each year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Each marcher carried a flaming torch, creating a river of light that flowed through the center of Berlin.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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
Battalion members prepared the drones in pitch dark, illuminated only by red torches.
From Barron's ● May 17, 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
Finally, two Olympic torches were lit two Olympic cauldrons, in Milan and Cortina, their flames at the center of shape-shifting spheres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
The goddess took her double torches from their stands.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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