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Chandler flexes the charisma that made his “Friday Night Lights” father figure Coach Taylor such an indelible figure, while Pierre’s buttoned-down smolder slowly simmers the tension between them.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

As a result, they may overlook slower, less visible fires that smolder deep within peat and organic soils.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

Passions still smolder below the surface, but there is not enough oxygen to let them flame into life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

“Wildfires tend to smolder for long periods of time,” Araujo testified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

Here and there the carpets had begun to smolder where some of the scattered coals had fallen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

And Loren Kramar, an up-and-coming orchestral singer-songwriter, smolders through Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Elliot smolders, barely contained by a cravat, whether blocking the path when Anne is on a walk with her family, or entering a room.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022

Independent analyst Valery Karbalevich said that while the Russian money has buttressed Lukashenko’s rule for now, the broad discontent smolders and could spill over at any moment.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021

The trees seethe and the house smolders, and standing in the gravel of the driveway, the daylight nearly finished, the locksmith has an unsettling thought: Someone might be coming for us.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The Lachman fire smoldered underground for a week before exploding into the deadly Palisades fire on Jan. 7, 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The blaze, which firefighters had said was contained hours later, smoldered underground in dense vegetation for days until powerful winds on Jan. 7 caused it to spread, authorities said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

That fire, which burned more than 54,000 LG battery modules, spewed toxic smoke into the air and smoldered for several days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

The fire, contained to a single building, smoldered for several days in mid-January.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

Ged struck at it again with his heavy, smoking staff, beating it off, but it came again and he struck again, and then dropped the staff that blazed and smoldered, burning his hand.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Firefighters and police, some wearing face masks, were working amid the twisted, smoldering wreckage of the aircraft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Firefighters and police were working at the scene amid the twisted, smoldering wreckage of the aircraft, images posted on Facebook by local news outlets revealed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Late last year, Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte dropped “Femme Fatale,” a smoldering album that was instantly hailed as one of the best Latin records of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

About a ton of smoldering chemicals in big drums had released chlorine-compound fumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

When Kyle’s pterodactyl reached the volcano, a hot-air balloon rose from the smoldering basin.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein