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Chandler flexes the charisma that made his “Friday Night Lights” father figure Coach Taylor such an indelible figure, while Pierre’s buttoned-down smolder slowly simmers the tension between them.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Peatlands and organic soils can smolder for weeks to years, releasing enormous amounts of ancient carbon."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

Passions still smolder below the surface, but there is not enough oxygen to let them flame into life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

What a mess, and the story is likely to smolder into the new year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

When she did not come on Sunday afternoon, either, the fire in him weakened to a smolder.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

The song both rocks and smolders, and it fits across many genres of streaming playlists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

Elliot smolders, barely contained by a cravat, whether blocking the path when Anne is on a walk with her family, or entering a room.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022

Independent analyst Valery Karbalevich said that while the Russian money has buttressed Lukashenko’s rule for now, the broad discontent smolders and could spill over at any moment.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021

The trees seethe and the house smolders, and standing in the gravel of the driveway, the daylight nearly finished, the locksmith has an unsettling thought: Someone might be coming for us.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Rinderknecht is charged with starting the Lachman fire, which smoldered underground for a week before exploding into the deadly Palisades fire on Jan. 7, 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The blaze, which firefighters had said was contained hours later, smoldered underground in dense vegetation for days until powerful winds on Jan. 7 caused it to spread, authorities said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

It smoldered for several days, spewing toxic gas into the air and prompting the evacuation of about 1,500 people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

A thin, rusty coil of sun smoldered through a patch in the clouds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Calypso’s eyes smoldered with anger, but for once Leo didn’t think the anger was aimed at him.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The blaze reduced a small stretch of mostly women-owned shops and a beloved restaurant to smoldering ruins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Firefighters and police, some wearing face masks, were working amid the twisted, smoldering wreckage of the aircraft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Firefighters and police were working at the scene amid the twisted, smoldering wreckage of the aircraft, images posted on Facebook by local news outlets revealed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

But Lineage has contracted a private fire company to continue flowing water into smoldering areas of the rubble when needed as crews work to remove the debris, according to the mayor’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Some of the garbage was on fire, smoldering.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French