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And any sense of a prolonged fight was extinguished in the fourth over of the day, when Emilio Gay departed and, crucially, Joe Root was run out by an extraordinary direct hit from Henry Nicholls.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Prosecutors allege the evidence shows the Lachman fire — which officials thought had been extinguished hours by Jan. 2 — smoldered for days and reignited amid hurricane-force winds on Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was this initial blaze -- which firefighters believed they had extinguished -- that subsequently reignited on January 7, devastating the neighborhood and parts of the city of Malibu, prosecutors say.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

After firefighters extinguished the Jan. 1 blaze, torrential winds reignited the embers a week later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Even when the circus moves it is not extinguished, moved intact from location to location.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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