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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

Yet the remnants of what just a generation ago were vast swathes of virgin rainforest still smoulder and flame.

From Economist ● Sep. 10, 2015

It is a tussle that continues to smoulder.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Most days a fire smoulders directly in front.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014

Or if, from some high minarette, I lift my voice proclaiming the unity of God!––or if I confess the Trinity!––or if, for me, the god-fire smoulders only within my own accepted soul––what does it matter?

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He says if the foam had been fire retardant it would have smouldered, not burned.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

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

"I believe we are at the start of an intense relationship," smouldered Real president Florentino Perez.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2011

A faint smoke curled above it, as if fire smouldered in the hill beneath.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Large areas of scorched terrain still concealed active and smouldering pockets that could quickly reignite if the wind picks up again.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

We watched as settlers moved around the smouldering land.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

According to Myeloma UK, external, smouldering myeloma is detected by the presence of abnormal cells in the bone marrow, and abnormal protein in blood and/or urine.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood