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The fires around Madrid remained out of control on Friday, with Spanish officials saying that two major blazes southwest of the capital had merged, further complicating efforts to extinguish them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It took more 60 firefighters to extinguish the blaze Monday morning, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Rabie said the settlers fled after villagers emerged from their homes, adding that local volunteers managed to extinguish the flames before they spread further.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Dozens of firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze, which has spread to a nearby forest.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

What had begun as an initiative to put slavery on the road to extinction had been transformed into a decision to extinguish all federal plans for emancipation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Navy in the 1960s, the foams form an aqueous film around burning gasoline and other flammable liquids, which quickly deprives the fire of oxygen and extinguishes it.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

One of the more subtle things that we added is showing how Ember extinguishes, disappears and comes back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

“We can eradicate this insidious disease that decimates communities and extinguishes lives far too soon.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

That extinguishes sunlight from reaching a narrow corridor of Earth, transforming day to night.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

Masjid throws me a glance of surprise in the rearview mirror, and I catch a faint glimmer of a smile that he quickly extinguishes.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Henderson said that "contained did not mean the same as extinguished" and that the response had been strategically planned around controlling its spread.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The blaze was being extinguished, the emergency management ministry said, demanding "all-out" efforts to put it out, search for trapped survivors and treat the injured.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

But Mr. Baerwald will not let it be extinguished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Firefighters had thought they had extinguished the initial blaze and left with their equipment on Jan. 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Their voices extinguished night sounds, and darkness swallowed everything but these two people I loved, the overhead light a dim spotlight that disfigured their features into grimaces.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Ecologist Angharad Owen, who started the petition calling for aerial support to tackle blazes in remote places like Rhinogydd, said they were "proven to be highly effective in managing and extinguishing wildfires swiftly".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mexico had just lost 3-2 to England, extinguishing the hope that it could parlay its World Cup co-host role into the deepest tournament run in the country’s history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The company that flips the houses it buys online reported a widening loss of $1.1 billion, from a $113 million loss in the year-ago period, mostly on the cost of extinguishing debt.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Bitcoin dropped back below a key level early Monday, extinguishing hopes that last week’s mini-rebound would become a full-fledged comeback.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

As before, the draccus positioned itself on top of them and laid down, extinguishing all the light on the top of the hill.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss