ember
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India Today magazine called the film a "dead ember".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Some residents in Rainham believe an ember from the fires on Arnolds Field might have started that blaze.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
The other factor, ember intrusion, is when embers enter a home through an opening and ignite it from within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
“We were constantly trying to fight fires, trying to get the embers, trying to control the ember cast and moving on, and continuously moving on and on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The finger had touched the last warm coal in his hearth, and his body, fanning the ember, shook itself violently.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Firefighters quickly put out the Lachman fire, but investigators testified at trial in June that embers continued to smolder underground, reigniting on Jan. 7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
There was smoke and embers blowing in the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Turbulent winds created by the fire clouds can send embers shooting off in all directions, making wildfires unpredictable and harder to fight.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even when Fuki gets away from the city, the camera lingers on her watching a campfire’s dying embers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Every so often one of them came out and grabbed hot water from a big caldron in the fogón or poured a cup of coffee from the pot on the embers.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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