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as in to anger
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home.
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as in to blaze
to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames
They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire.
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Recent Examples of smolder
Beyond it, more houses were smoldering or engulfed in flames, and the Pacific Coast Highway receded south into a vague haze of smoke and flashing lights.
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Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
From a distance, the smoldering hills of the Palisades, where 15,000 acres have now been torched, looked like a volcanic crater.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Whereas the tedious and aging Aaron Rodgers will leave a smoldering crater in Florham Park, 22-year-old Drake Maye fosters hope in Foxboro.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
For nearly two years, trash has been smoldering in a long-dormant portion of Chiquita Canyon due to the rare chemical reaction.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
From a distance, the smoldering hills of the Palisades, where 15,000 acres have now been torched, looked like a volcanic crater.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Whereas the tedious and aging Aaron Rodgers will leave a smoldering crater in Florham Park, 22-year-old Drake Maye fosters hope in Foxboro.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
For nearly two years, trash has been smoldering in a long-dormant portion of Chiquita Canyon due to the rare chemical reaction.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Multiple unauthorized drones flew above the Palisades fire Friday afternoon, forcing firefighting aircraft to leave the area for safety and angering those working on the front lines, authorities said.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Visiting Villa manager Unai Emery had earlier been left angered by the decision to send off Jhon Duran with Tindall later seen shushing the Spaniard in the technical area.Callum Davis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Talen Energy blazed the trail with an agreement to power an Amazon data center with the Susquehanna nuclear plant.Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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Visitors can also tour Hull Mine, where walls of fluorescent minerals blaze with vivid colors under UV lighting.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The bandit wheeled and snarled at Herod, exposing his rotting front teeth.Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Winter storm in Southeast causes flight cancellations A winter storm bringing a mix of snow and ice to the Southeast is snarling air travel this morning.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
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On that day, a Soviet Navy submarine called K-129 attached to the 15th Submarine Squadron of the Soviet Pacific Fleet steamed out of Rybachiy Naval Base in Kamchatka on a routine patrol that ended up being anything but routine.David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
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The data shows that 2024 steamed to one of the warmest years on record across the continental United States from coast to coast.Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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Fierce winds grounded helicopters and other aircraft during the crucial early hours after several blazes started, exploding their size and spreading embers like flaming confetti for miles around.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Hurst fire flaming in Sylmar, is continuing to rapidly spread and remains 0% contained.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Park ranger Peter Rea snapped a photo of the animal in action, taking down a Canada goose and feasting on it near a partially frozen lake that’s in view of the visitor center.Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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Hernandez also is happy if Hobart doesn’t score a ton of points for the Chargers (13-7), who snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 50-21 victory at Richards.Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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His second story collection, Chemical Valley, won the Alistair MacLeod Short Fiction Prize, received glowing reviews, and was a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the ReLit Award.Nicola Davison, Hazlitt, 10 Jan. 2025
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In some shots, embers can still be seen glowing amid the wreckage.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Smolder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smolder. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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