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as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
she felt a blaze of resentment upon hearing that she had been passed over for promotion
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as in glows
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights
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as in announces
to make known openly or publicly
the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures
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as in burns
to be on fire especially brightly
the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire
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as in flames
to shine with a bright harsh light
the spotlight blazed through my window
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as in races
to proceed or move quickly
an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace
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Recent Examples of blazes
Ty Oneil,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Both fires have been overtaken by the Jones and Snyder Mesa blazes that started on the western side of the Colorado-Utah border Saturday and burned their way into Colorado.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
And from Alaska to Florida, crews worked Saturday to contain dozens of blazes, including around three dozen classified as large and uncontained.
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Willem Marx,
NPR,
28 June 2026
The fire was one of several blazes that were active in the Four Corners region early on Sunday, according to local officials.
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Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
28 June 2026
Dangerous fire conditions in the Southwest are threatening to worsen blazes in Utah, Nevada and New Mexico, putting many communities on high alert this weekend.
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Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
The nearest air quality monitor to the fires indicates that the worst pollution was detected on June 17 and has fluctuated in the following days depending on wind direction, weather and emergency workers’ efforts to contain the blazes.
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Allison Beck
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Rising temperatures and gusty winds also fed blazes across Central Florida, causing some to explode in size.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
The Outerbelt isn’t marked with signs or trail blazes.
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Diane Penningroth,
Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Fewer, but more ‘devastating’ blazes That the world suffered fewer acres torched by wildfires in 2025 likely comes as little relief to the countries and cities that battled the infernos last year.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
That’s the two-seamer that kind of blazes a trail in.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Officials are spreading the word in the wake of deadly fires within the last month that killed five people in Manhattan and the Bronx, blazes that could have been more easily contained if doors were used to help snuff out the flames.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
Studies have shown that rising temperatures due to climate change are fueling longer wildfire seasons, and making blazes both more frequent and more destructive.
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Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
Once Orion blazes through Earth's atmosphere, the protective heat shield will be cast off to make way for parachutes to deploy and slow the vehicle down.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial landmark to make a sighting of Mercury, which will be hovering not far from it.
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Jesse steps up on the mound and blazes the ball past him.
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Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
Three firefighters were killed and two injured battling fast-moving blazes on the Colorado-Utah border.
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Ty Oneil,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Both fires have been overtaken by the Jones and Snyder Mesa blazes that started on the western side of the Colorado-Utah border Saturday and burned their way into Colorado.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
And from Alaska to Florida, crews worked Saturday to contain dozens of blazes, including around three dozen classified as large and uncontained.
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Willem Marx,
NPR,
28 June 2026
The fire was one of several blazes that were active in the Four Corners region early on Sunday, according to local officials.
—
Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
28 June 2026
Dangerous fire conditions in the Southwest are threatening to worsen blazes in Utah, Nevada and New Mexico, putting many communities on high alert this weekend.
—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
The nearest air quality monitor to the fires indicates that the worst pollution was detected on June 17 and has fluctuated in the following days depending on wind direction, weather and emergency workers’ efforts to contain the blazes.
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Allison Beck
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Rising temperatures and gusty winds also fed blazes across Central Florida, causing some to explode in size.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
The Outerbelt isn’t marked with signs or trail blazes.
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Diane Penningroth,
Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
Verb
While prosecution witnesses have refused to delineate between the Lachman and Palisades blazes, Haney has repeatedly described them as two distinct incidents that ignited days apart.
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Fewer, but more ‘devastating’ blazes That the world suffered fewer acres torched by wildfires in 2025 likely comes as little relief to the countries and cities that battled the infernos last year.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
That’s the two-seamer that kind of blazes a trail in.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Officials are spreading the word in the wake of deadly fires within the last month that killed five people in Manhattan and the Bronx, blazes that could have been more easily contained if doors were used to help snuff out the flames.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
Studies have shown that rising temperatures due to climate change are fueling longer wildfire seasons, and making blazes both more frequent and more destructive.
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Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
Once Orion blazes through Earth's atmosphere, the protective heat shield will be cast off to make way for parachutes to deploy and slow the vehicle down.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial landmark to make a sighting of Mercury, which will be hovering not far from it.
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Jesse steps up on the mound and blazes the ball past him.
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Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blazes
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Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, a Reuters witness said.
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Instead of focusing narrowly on one object at a time, the observatory will sweep across huge areas of sky, building an archive of stars, galaxies, asteroids and cosmic explosions.
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The unusual auroras were photographed over Hokkaido, Japan, where observers captured diffuse red glows hanging low over the horizon.
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Come evening, the pizza oven glows or a local farm-to-table chef cooks as the light fades.
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For those determined to wrap an actual object, gifting experts say the trick is to avoid anything that merely announces its own price tag.
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Continue reading … RADICAL — DeSantis announces plans to use new state law to target dozens of alleged terrorist groups.
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Rucking burns significantly more calories than regular walking, builds full-body functional strength and supports bone density, all while staying gentler on the joints than running.
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Venus burns only 1 degree to the upper right of Regulus, which is 150 times fainter.
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Separately, Ford is also recalling 36,046 Bronco vehicles with model years 2022 to 2026 because the fender flares may be improperly secured and can fall off, creating a hazard for drivers, the NHTSA said.
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Plus, an elastic waistband adds comfort, while the fabric drapes over the body without clinging and gently flares at the mid-thigh into a subtle A-line silhouette.
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Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets.
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Once again, extraordinary wealth is concentrating into fewer hands while technology races ahead faster than society’s moral conscience.
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From Friday to Sunday, singers and alphorn players filled the streets and spontaneous bursts of yodeling echoed through restaurants, where diners initially reacted with surprise before joining in.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye.
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Fortunately, the emotional spar fest between the queen of withering glares and snippy comments — award winner Allison Janney — and the onstage king of stammering self involvement — Andrew Rannells — clicks in director/writer Jim Rash dramedy debut.
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