ember
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“For people I’ve talked to who lost their homes, fire front versus ember cast mean nothing other than there was fire in their community, in their neighborhood, burning down homes,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
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
‘We could have used a hundred fire engines by then. You already had ember casts reaching blocks ahead of the fire.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
And through all this his mother’s eyes were on him; her hand, like fiery tongs, gripped the lukewarm ember of his heart; and caused him to feel, at the thought of death, another, colder terror.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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