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lava

[lah-vuh, lav-uh] / ˈlɑ və, ˈlæv ə /
NOUN
volcano matter
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Watching “Live at the Palace,” it’s easy to see why Conan O’Brien once referred to Fleming as “the goop that’s inside of a lava lamp.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

They show that dinosaurs continued to live in southern Africa long after those dramatic lava flows.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

“To now routinely produce an icy Earth, a young Earth, a lava planet—those are huge technological innovations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The one that appears alongside onion petals, Monte Cristos and a molten chocolate lava cake that arrives under a small weather system of powdered sugar.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Every surface was covered and boiling, and the path like black flowing lava in the moonlight.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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