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A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two months after the country's largest blaze since 1949 broke out, authorities said Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He ended that speech saying that Diana would “never be extinguished from our minds,” a line he now says he included as a retort to Charles’s call saying that she would be forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It's a line he now says was specifically intended to be a riposte to the other Charles' suggestion that she would quickly be forgotten: Diana "will never be extinguished from our minds".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

With the fire not yet extinguished, rescuers have been unable to search the vessel, Cayabyab said, adding that some people may still be trapped inside.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Any impulse I might have felt toward self- congratulation was extinguished by overwhelming apprehension about the long, dangerous descent that lay ahead.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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