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The service said it can smoulder for a long time when heat from a fire is trapped.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Once people realized that the authorities had not acted in their best interest, resentment began to smoulder.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2022

Smaller ones than in the Sierra de la Culebra continued to smoulder on Monday to the east in Navarra and Catalonia.

From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2022

Even then, the building continued to smoulder well into Saturday afternoon.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2018

In the centre of the town the bonfire was beginning to smoulder.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

More than a million Muslims are gathering in Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage overshadowed by the Middle East war, as animosity smoulders across the region despite a fragile ceasefire.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

That brief explanation understandably underplays the aching sadness that smoulders under the surface of his songs.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

Another weekend of financial firefighting has doused the whole interest rate horizon as the banking blaze smoulders.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

Meanwhile in Leeds, suburban warfare still smoulders over the golden pillar box in honour of the triathlon winner Alistair Brownlee.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2012

Sitting in the silence and the sun as the fire smoulders to gray ashes one may take stock of the birds of the woods by ear and eye.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard

Six-time Brits winner and triple nominee Dua Lipa smouldered in a fitted, black leather sculpted dress by Donatella Versace.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024

A bank in the Badaro neighbourhood smouldered as firefighters sprayed water, while riot police stood nearby with shields.

From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023

In all, six provinces in Sumatra were put on “emergency alert” as hundreds of “hotspots” of burning trees and vegetation flared and smouldered.

From Economist ● Sep. 10, 2015

When Barack Obama was photographed with a very weak beer in hand at a Washington Wizards game, the phone-in lines smouldered with anger.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2012

The burst of flames in the bush died down and smouldered to ashes.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Instead, he returned to find nothing but smouldering ruins.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Large areas affected by the fire still contained active or smouldering hotspots requiring constant monitoring, as even a strong gust of wind could trigger fresh outbreaks, the spokesman said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Light morning rain boosted that outlook, though firefighters remained wary given previous flare-ups from smouldering embers in the devastated land, covering a bigger area than the island of Malta.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

She said most people of her age "have no idea" they have smouldering myeloma.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The flying rain had ceased for a time, and the sun gleamed up above; but all the lower city was still wrapped in a smouldering reek.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien