fireball
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Images posted on social media showed a giant fireball near a busy road at the scene of the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Orionid meteor shower, which is capable of producing bright fireball meteors, is set to peak in UK skies this week.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The strongest transverse acceleration consistently points outward and appears near the outer boundary of the fireball.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
It was undergoing a ground test in Cape Canaveral, Florida in preparation of an upcoming flight when it blew up in a massive fireball, sending shockwaves throughout the space industry.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The dragon turned aside its head and snorted, and a little fireball launched itself from his nostrils.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
A ban on "hulla parties" -- groups deployed to drive elephants away using "fireballs" and burning stakes -- is required, it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Most of us have seen photos of the first atomic blasts—the ever-expanding mushroom clouds, the fireballs, the vast devastation—that would end World War II and forever change our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Distinctive features of the Lyrids are their colours and brightness, along with exceptionally bright fireballs from time to time, outshining the planet Venus.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Frantic, he helped his parents hoist his six younger siblings over a backyard fence as fireballs of ignited crude descended around their home, just across the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
Taylor shrieks and dives, bike and all, into a pile of leaves to get out of the way as two more fireballs blaze across the dark.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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