wildfire

Example Sentences

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The largest wildfire in California this year is no longer growing, fire officials said Saturday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The budget would shift the agency’s focus toward domestic timber production and wildfire risk mitigation and response, and away from more recent turns toward conservation and recreation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Parts of the national park were badly damaged last summer by what landowners described as the biggest wildfire in Scottish history.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Regardless of the benefits, climate-related satellite data has an uncertain financial return for many potential customers, whether they are insurers forecasting catastrophe losses, utilities gauging wildfire risks or commodity companies predicting the next harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Among the middle-class and black professional community of southeastern Virginia, however, word traveled like wildfire: Mrs. Vaughans office is hiring.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly