wildfire

Example Sentences

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State Farm, California’s largest home insurer, is under investigation for how it has handled January 2025 wildfire claims.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The Chuck Norris memes spread like wildfire in the early days of social media in the 2000s.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Regardless of the benefits, climate-related satellite data has an uncertain financial return for many potential customers, whether they are insurers forecasting catastrophe losses, utilities gauging wildfire risks or commodity companies predicting the next harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

However, this long-term trend reversed in the 20th century, when wildfire activity rose sharply.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

But what was safe in the middle of a wildfire?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz