flame
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While the company and authorities have defended the technology for helping fight crime, reports of misuse have only fanned the flame this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Down the coast in Alicante, the monuments wait for their flame.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Rumours, messages and groups that caused this crisis" mainly appeared on Facebook and WhatsApp, said Madrigal, although it was impossible to determine "who or what ignited the flame".
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
You know the moment a match is struck and a burst of flame roars to life?
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire - which had been burning since Friday - could reach homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Just another day of watching Russia burn,” she wrote on Instagram this week, posting a photo of flames rising over a Siberian petrochemicals plant, to the soundtrack of The Prodigy’s “Firestarter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The mall’s survival amid the community’s devastation was not without controversy given Caruso’s use of private firefighters to ward off the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The flames have got close to the site, which holds the remains of the first kings of the medieval kingdom of Aragon, but these as well as other artefacts have been removed as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Staring into the spiked, erratic flames, I see Ma in our new home, clasping her hands, delighted.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The 1988 presidential campaign of Alexander Haig, a former four-star general who served as Ronald Reagan’s first secretary of state, flamed out amid GOP infighting over the Iran–Contra affair.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Every one of these flamed out,” he reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Other standouts included flamed A5 wagyu topped with foie gras and melt-in-your-mouth hamachi in yuzu and soy, finished with serrano and a dollop of sriracha.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
Doubts about a Fed rate cut next month were also flamed by the release of much-delayed September jobs data.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
It flared and flamed, illuminating the inside of the hall.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
In U.S. television, there’s a tendency to open every piece of sports programming with a clash of cymbals and a rhinoceros jumping through a flaming hoop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
A flaming ear of corn transforms into a crankshaft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"While this may look like just a baton," Bresnik said, "it feels like big flaming hot Olympic torch."
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Last year, three of Starship’s five launches exploded at unexpected points on their flight paths, twice raining flaming debris over congested commercial airways and disrupting flights.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
Elsewhere, there are flaming hoops perched at different levels that performers slip in and out of with ease, as though the hoops were only metal and not encased in flickering flames.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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