Roman candle
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“Trees, they exploded and flamed up like a Roman candle immediately.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
It was with his Roman candle of a play, The Normal Heart, that his two lives most directly intersected.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2020
But in penman Robert Hurford’s hands, H explodes like a Roman candle in ink.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
Rather, its involving notion was to focus exclusively on one year in the life of the legendary rock star, the year before he took off like a Roman candle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2014
Otis had barely finished speaking when Percy’s missile-launching contraption spit out one last sphere of Roman candle fire.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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