torch
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“I accept the responsibility to help carry the torch and move it forward, and hand it off to the Jennie Finches and the Cat Ostermans,” Fernandez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Argentina gave the trophy back to Spain, it likely marked a passing of the torch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He returned with a torch and said it felt like "a labyrinth".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Statue of Liberty, the copper-clad sculpture of a robed and crowned woman holding a torch above her head, sits in New York's harbor and draws millions of visitors each year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
During his last Olympics, in 1992, he was selected to carry the torch for Team USA.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Instead of working with a massive furnace, participants use small torches, making the process feel more approachable and easier to control.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Serhiy Motsak, a shift director at one of Ukraine’s thermal-power plants, spent this past winter knocking ice from the equipment and сarrying around torches to heat it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Battalion members prepared the drones in pitch dark, illuminated only by red torches.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Hedda, in effect, torches the realistic trappings that Nora from “A Doll’s House” also came to understand as a trap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Only then did Hecate step forward, her torches raised.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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