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bonfire

[bon-fahyuhr] / ˈbɒnˌfaɪər /
NOUN
large prepared fire
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But his explosive style found its fullest expression in “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” a novel steeped in reportage and modeled on 19th-century triple-deckers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Among the Daily Wire and Bonfire Legends’ previous joint projects is “Terror on the Prairie,” the 2022 western starring Gina Carano.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

More recently the dispersal powers have been used alongside new Firework Control Zones in parts of Edinburgh following repeated incidents around Bonfire Night.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Reading Bonfire led to reading business news and, after more soul-searching, before I knew it I was off to business school and the much-less-boring world of finance and entrepreneurship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

She told him about Orchid Witch and Bonfire, who were like her younger sisters, and he told her of the abbey, and the orchard, where once he’d played Tizerkane warriors.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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