ablaze
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We are told it was ablaze at 07:30 on a Saturday morning, close to homes.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The news set the internet ablaze with joy and hope.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The oil wells set ablaze in Kuwait in the 1990s during the first Gulf War took months to extinguish and released an estimated 130 to 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
One of the ships, a foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil, was ablaze in Iraqi waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Mr. and Mrs. van D. had seen a red glow through the open window, and he thought there was a fire nearby, while she was certain our house was ablaze.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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