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inferno

[in-fur-noh, een-fer-naw] / ɪnˈfɜr noʊ, inˈfɛr nɔ /


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The chips were made from trees killed in the 2020 Castle fire, an inferno that left thousands of acres of standing dead trunks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Newsom had pushed for deeper changes to how wildfires are paid for, and who pays, when an electric utility’s equipment sparks a destructive inferno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

When they start shooting a movie together, they begin to understand their connection to this ancient evil, and their place in a cyclical inferno wrought by absent parents and bad weather.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

It was around 1:40 a.m. on a summer Saturday last month when Alcaraz’s cell ignited into an inferno.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Tonight, like an inferno burning outward in all directions from a single ignition point, the news that Lincoln had been shot spread from Ford’s in an ever-widening circle.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

But she wanted more focus on accountability for utilities that spark the infernos, such as bans on stock buybacks, and balked at limiting damages for survivors without more public debate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Across Spain, San Juan welcomes summer with infernos and midnight rituals.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Greek firefighters faced another day of battling flames in high-risk conditions for new ignitions on Friday as France and Spain hoped for reprieve from massive infernos that blackened swathes of terrain.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Such is the vast scale of the infernos ravaging France's south-western Gironde region, that it is not always obvious what direction the smoke is coming from.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The current carried infernos everywhere, and their bright blazes turned the water into swirling oranges and reds.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia


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