bonfire
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It is not the first time Moygashel's annual bonfire has hit the headlines over its contentious displays.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The effigy was placed on top of the pyre on Wednesday evening and the bonfire was due to be lit on Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The culinary equivalent of a beach bonfire right as the sun drops below the horizon.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
In the center blazed a bonfire made of pitch and bone; yet the smoke was white and odorless, rising through the hole in the middle of the ceiling.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
"The placing of flags, effigies or other items on bonfires is not part of that tradition and should not take place," the party added.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I wasn’t alone and joined hundreds of others, spending a damp, chilly night trying to keep warm and sleep near one of the bonfires in St. James’s Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
They mounted double-decker buses and utility poles, waved flags, lit bonfires and danced the Hokey Pokey around a statue of Queen Victoria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Although violence has occasionally occurred at the beach, a popular hangout near LAX known for large parties and bonfires, the surrounding area has had lower violent-crime rates, historically, than other parts of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Foreign books, banned books, books that had escaped the bonfires of 1933, suddenly reappeared in bookshop windows.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
