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inextinguishable

[in-ik-sting-gwi-shuh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃə bəl /




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Being at home is a ritual, as religious, in its way, as remembering the Maccabees’ inextinguishable lamp or the exodus from Egypt.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

The images of daily life amid destruction and rubble — children, bicyclists, workers, laundry drying from high floors in a half-destroyed building — hint at an inextinguishable flame carrying on through a campaign of death.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

“To blind hatred, we will always oppose the inextinguishable thirst for teaching. The thirst for knowledge. The thirst for living free,” he added.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2023

"We will always counter blind hatred with the inextinguishable thirst to teach. The thirst to learn. The thirst to live freely".

From Reuters Oct. 16, 2023

An inextinguishable elation gripped the room and the voices of the young aviators were fleshed with bravado.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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