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Lakeside living may bring to mind images of cabins and bonfires.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 May 2025 Between the beach bonfire and this choice of dinner theme, these guests have some of the best taste of the season.—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025 Authorities in New Jersey arrested 19-year-old Joseph Kling of Ocean Township and charged him with arson for allegedly causing the fire after leaving a bonfire improperly extinguished.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025 Visually, Zawada used black-and-white mid-century footage from Manchester – kids digging holes, smashing windows, lighting bonfires – and spliced it together with colorful claymation clips from decades ago.—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonfire
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire
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