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Peatland fires, common in the area, generally smoulder and spread under the soil for weeks or months, emitting huge quantities of smoke and only rarely causing surface blazes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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

His simmer and smoulder had aged well into a potent maturity – Connery endured endless “single malt” analogies from well-meaning interviewers – and that baldness, once feared, looked like authentic masculinity.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2020

But in the West the dying sun had set all the fume on fire, and now Mindolluin stood black against a burning smoulder flecked with embers.

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

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

As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.

From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 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

In this piece of stone hardly blocked out smoulders deep sorrow and an agony of pain.

From Michelangelo by Romain Rolland

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

From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023

Plastic chairs for the many mourners that had visited the house over the last three days stood above rain-soaked asphalt, while Arabic coffee slowly smouldered on the coals nearby.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2015

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

The fire died down, smouldered and went out.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2012

His eyes smouldered with anger, but he could not avenge himself: his miserable enemy lay grovelling on the stones whimpering.

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

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

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

We watched as settlers moved around the smouldering land.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The fires of fury and hatred were smouldering in her small black eyes.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl