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Recent Examples of lighter
The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Correction officers recovered the rope and found contraband wrapped in duct tape all along its length — including a large quantity of Suboxone and nearly 30 small bags of pot, plus a scalpel, cell phone charger, two lighters, and more than 400 cigarettes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
As coworkers and relatives chimed in with memories of Bjorklund, some attendees at the vigil passed lighters around to make sure everyone’s memorial candle remained lit.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Correction officers recovered the rope and found contraband wrapped in duct tape all along its length — including a large quantity of Suboxone and nearly 30 small bags of pot, plus a scalpel, cell phone charger, two lighters, and more than 400 cigarettes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
As coworkers and relatives chimed in with memories of Bjorklund, some attendees at the vigil passed lighters around to make sure everyone’s memorial candle remained lit.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter
Noun
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The stage was set for an entirely forgivable drop in level, but Andreeva stayed on an even keel to win the next two sets, and with them, the title.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The researchers acknowledged the possibility that the lines could have been created by a keel (an extended structural component that runs below a boat).—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Two engines and one water tender are all continuing to fight the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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Cook chicken and vegetables 6 minutes or until tender and liquid has reduced by half.—
Gretchen McKay,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2025
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The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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But both brothers died when their cutter, the U.S.S. Tampa, was torpedoed by German U-boats.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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The second reliever to follow him, Calvin Faucher, served up the 2-0 belt-high cutter on the outer third of the plate that Machado sent 408 feet to left field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The catchy, melodious songs are carefully curated to tug at heartstrings, with lyrics that reflect similar memories and moments in one’s life.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Netflix has won out in a tug of war for Richard Linklater‘s Breathless homage Nouvelle Vague after its Cannes Film Festival debut in the competition.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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Founded in the 1950s, the auxiliary supports The Salvation Army’s social service programs.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Chrissy Davis is the co-president of the auxiliary of Infant Welfare Family Health and is on the board of directors of Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Princess of Wales has had plenty of practice with this in the past, as her first official engagement with Prince William in February 2011 was pouring champagne on a lifeboat in Wales a few months before their royal wedding, marking her first duty in a working royal role.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Everything from lifeboat drills to hull design can trace its roots back to the hard lessons learned from Titanic’s fate.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Additional charges are expected in connection with the theft of the towboat theft in Jupiter, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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