conflagration

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Political scientist Yuttaporn Issarachai said that the Thai government's primary agenda has shifted towards daunting external challenges, including the economic fallout of the Middle East conflagration.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

A Middle East with greatly reduced chances of a widespread conflagration could generate a massive peace dividend for the region.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

A regional conflagration could affect oil-field infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and other locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Resilience, too, is transmitted, as is a desire to preserve the love that wasn’t destroyed in the family conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

When this boy, son of the captive Princess of Corniculum, awoke, the flames evaporated, leaving him unscarred; some years later, as this prodigious conflagration foretold, he was crowned King of Rome.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson