torch
Example Sentences
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In Huerta’s case, critics just don’t buy how someone who carried Chávez’s torch decades after his death could all of a sudden supposedly turn on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
So much for our torch of freedom bringing light to the world.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
"Our generation is laying the groundwork for the youth to pick up the torch one day," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
The LP’s second ballad is a torch song, “We’re All Alone.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
As I approach the front gate, a figure steps from the dark guard’s hut, his faint torch angled down.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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