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hot coal

NOUN
cinder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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For locals, the major source of heat is the kanger, a pot filled with hot coal embers tucked inside their pheran, a traditional knee-length cloak.

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2024

There was no immediate word on why people at the event walked over hot coal.

From Seattle Times Jun. 15, 2022

Singapore is a city for insomniacs and hedonists, for those who chase exotic flavors and know to find them hiding in plain sight under fluorescent lights or sizzling on roadside hot coal fires.

From Washington Post Sep. 26, 2019

“I laughed, because laughing was easier than tending to my heart, which felt like a hot coal in my chest, on fire with shame,” is how Knoll put it.

From The Guardian Mar. 31, 2016

In a fluster of self-consciousness he turned his back, dropped a hot coal into the nest of charcoal in the furnace and began to blow on it vigorously.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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