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We gathered around a campfire and shared stories.
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Like actual bedtime stories at a sleepover, or campfire ghost stories repeated with a flashlight under your chin, Bedtime Stories creates images that can lodge in your brain for a decade and hold up to revisits.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
To stop the malting, the barley was heated and dried by burning mesquite wood, infusing it with a savory, almost barbecue-like smokiness as opposed to the campfire and iodine notes associated with peat.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
In its announcement, the Forest Service reiterated that campfires are not allowed anywhere in the wilderness area.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
It is being written right now — on playing fields, around campfires, and in communities across the state — with support from other women behind us.
—Emily Green, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
To stop the malting, the barley was heated and dried by burning mesquite wood, infusing it with a savory, almost barbecue-like smokiness as opposed to the campfire and iodine notes associated with peat.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
In its announcement, the Forest Service reiterated that campfires are not allowed anywhere in the wilderness area.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
It is being written right now — on playing fields, around campfires, and in communities across the state — with support from other women behind us.
—Emily Green, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Campfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campfire. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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campfire
noun
camp·fire
ˈkamp-ˌfī(ə)r 
: a fire built outdoors (as at a camp)
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