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candle

[kan-dl] / ˈkæn dl /
NOUN
taper
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The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday drove a "stunned" Lopez to lay a candle on Thursday at an improvised shrine in the Spanish capital's Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

But Yank’s sense of dignity proves as fragile as a candle flame; it’s instantly snuffed out when Mildred appears and reviles him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Several parishioners had come into the church to light a candle and to pray, he said, with Hannah's photo displayed on its door.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It’s your job to manage both and make sure that you are not burning the candle at both ends.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Jones handed Booth the candle, cautioning him to hide its faint glow during the crossing, lest they be spotted by passing patrol boats.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Yet with the bull market ready to blow out four candles this week, surging Treasury yields have been raising doubts on Wall Street about how much further stocks can climb from here.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

To determine their intrinsic brightness, astronomers use other standard candles, such as Cepheid stars, in the galaxies nearby.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Dozens of tributes including cards, flowers, candles, teddy bears and pink and blue star-shaped balloons have been laid on the pavement next to the cordon.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The fan art features moody Ivy League backdrops with bunny ears, heavy tomes, blood-red candles and saccharine doll-like fashion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

And there were no mirrors here, or candles.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Unlike with most poultry, the eggs cannot be candled to check on the embryo growing inside for the 52 days between laying and hatching.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022

Early on, she candled eggs for a poultry farm while he played “frisbee on the green.”

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018

Sample eggs are then candled to determine whether the agent is properly infecting the embryos.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many so-so lines are salvaged by the neat professional finesse of Grant, Day and Meadows, with Gig Young contributing an amusing portrayal of a financial adviser who is having his head candled.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is an excellent way to learn to know how good and bad eggs look when they are being candled.

From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray

Unclear, though certificates on the walls congratulate her on her mastery of ear candling and reiki.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2015

His wife, when not mothering their five boys and three girls, spent grueling days standing at a local produce house as she examined poultry eggs under a light - what they call candling.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2014

Sam Cruz, a 12-year IRS employee who works in candling, said he finds something left behind maybe two or three times for every thousand envelopes.

From Washington Post

After the candling, I receive exfoliation and rejuvenation treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The art of egg candling cannot be readily taught by worded description.

From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings


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