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the kindling in the wood stove was aflame as soon as I held a match to it
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The man reportedly drugged a Nomura customer and his partner before stealing the equivalent of $170,000 from their house and setting it aflame.
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Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
Feel inspired by the darker nights in November Iceland — especially Reykjavík — really comes alive in November with fantastic music and literature festivals all held underneath a sky set aflame with the magical northern lights.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The Middle East is aflame, with Israeli soldiers fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon and direct hostilities between Israel and Iran, Hezbollah’s patron.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
Frantic guests and staff found rooms aflame at hotel after hotel, including the Metropolitan, the Belmont, Lovejoy’s, Tammany Hall, and the Fifth Avenue.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
Feel inspired by the darker nights in November Iceland — especially Reykjavík — really comes alive in November with fantastic music and literature festivals all held underneath a sky set aflame with the magical northern lights.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The Middle East is aflame, with Israeli soldiers fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon and direct hostilities between Israel and Iran, Hezbollah’s patron.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
Frantic guests and staff found rooms aflame at hotel after hotel, including the Metropolitan, the Belmont, Lovejoy’s, Tammany Hall, and the Fifth Avenue.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Aflame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aflame. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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