torch
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The mural depicts an adult Brown running while wearing a Vista track uniform and carrying a torch.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Parker described the experience as "fantastic" and "historic", a chance to pick up the torch left by Apollo.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Every spring, caterpillars infested the fruit trees at their property’s edge, and every July the children watched from the porch as their father used a torch to burn out the larvae.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The giant monument, if given final approval, would be taller than the US Capitol building and the Lincoln Memorial, and would feature a golden Lady Liberty-like statue with a torch and crown.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
In the distance the boy’s privy blazed like a torch.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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