candle
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In addition to Stewart’s ill-conceived effort to raise awareness of the unhoused crisis, the offending image was part of a carousel promoting her QVC candle collection, which she touted as “perfect for Halloween!!!”
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
The caption said her candle collection on QVC was “perfect for Halloween.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Down the road at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, a vigil was held, attended by a couple of hundred people lining up to light a candle for Haines.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
The backdrop is a row of Christmas trees flanked by a cardboard menorah and a Kwanzaa candle set.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
US Protestant missionaries encouraged Sagada's residents to bury their dead and light candles on their graves, he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
I arrange flowers, lighting and scented candles, sometimes with wood notes, sometimes with spicier ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Get drinks on ice, arrange the soups for serving, light the candles and start the music.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The walls are full of vibrant paintings, and lined with plants, statuettes and candles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
It shut out the light, so I lit candles.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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
And the look of dusk: "The sky glowed like a candled egg."
From Time Magazine Archive
The modern egghead has his head candled by the light of psychoanalysis.
From Time Magazine Archive
As she squinted into the light, a shaft of Caribbean sun candled her deep-blue eyes.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
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
Women go to the candler for an afternoon--the average candling takes about an hour--of relaxation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examining eggs to determine their quality is called "candling."
From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray
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