blazes 1 of 3

plural of blaze

blazes

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of blaze

blazes

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of blaze
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blazes
Noun
The blazes are part of what Cal Fire has named the TCU Lightning Complex Fire. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025 While wildfire season in Arizona used to arrive in spring and reliably end by the monsoon, fire seasons have turned into fire years as the blazes become more erratic and frequent. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025 More blazes pop up in the Central Valley Farther south, the same storm system sparked additional fires before reaching the capital region. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The largest of the blazes, designated the 6-5 Fire, was 6,838 acres by Wednesday afternoon. Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025 Dozens of blazes ignited from the storms. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The causes for the blazes remained under investigation, according to Cal Fire. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025 Fires How recent wildfires have primed Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains for more frequent blazes. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
The northern line of the Patton Meadow Fire blazes over a ridgeline on August 16, 2021, near Lakeview, Oregon. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blazes
Noun
  • The test marked a welcome victory for SpaceX and the budding launch vehicle, which suffered in-flight upper stage explosions during each of this year's three Starship launches leading up to Flight 10.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The barrage appeared to target several Ukrainian regions, with local authorities reporting explosions in the western regions of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lutsk.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Athens, Greece Athens glows beneath Mediterranean light, where marble ruins rise from its timeworn hillsides—from the world-famous Parthenon to the Temple of Hephaestus.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some days my skin glows, and on others stress, and life’s ebbs and flows, bring breakouts, sun spots, dryness, and uneven texture.
    Micaela English, Flow Space, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The sound of wheels hitting concrete blends with bursts of laughter and cheers.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One emerging approach gaining traction is called microlearning, a strategy that delivers academic content in short bursts rather than lengthy lessons.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The second season promises eight episodes of more deadpan humor, soulless glares from Jenna Ortega as the titular character and even a Lady Gaga cameo, as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this demo expedition, his group deployed hyper-tech robotic explorers to map a lava tube on a Mars analog site, in the Spanish Canary Islands, which, like the Hawaiian archipelago, were produced via a series of volcanic eruptions.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Around the time of this flip, solar activity gradually ramps up, causing more solar eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With piercing rumbles, flickering gleams and heaps of fan interaction, Cain's concert felt more like an interactive theatrical experience.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To the west, Puerto Banús gleams with superyachts and designer boutiques—just minutes away by car or bike.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But when his streams became more reactionary, filled with outbursts, expletives, and certified crashouts over losing levels, subscribers flocked in.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This student’s outbursts had been an ongoing issue for three years, and Elliot quickly realized that few teachers had received the necessary restraint training to handle this student.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even back on board, the show continues after dark, with pelicans and reef sharks drawn to the yacht’s lights and sea lions sometimes clambering onto the aft deck.
    Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The lights dim, music rises, and the room bursts into vibrant motion.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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