smolder
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As a result, they may overlook slower, less visible fires that smolder deep within peat and organic soils.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
"Peatlands and organic soils can smolder for weeks to years, releasing enormous amounts of ancient carbon."
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
Embers from that blaze, called the Lachman fire, continued to smolder for days underground before being released amid hurricane-force winds, becoming the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
Something was starting to smolder inside her—why couldn’t Reggie just call and say he was sorry?
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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