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The Eaton Fire had begun raging, fueled by the whipping Santa Ana winds, and was now turning houses into massive matchboxes, reducing them to smoking ash.
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Philip Metres
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
The Eastman Kodak Company, for instance, helped the OSS wage its shadow war by developing a small camera that could fit inside a matchbox and be operated only by feel.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Here's how to present your kids with a miniature lunch:
Line a small empty matchbox with foil or parchment paper (so that the food can be eaten, if desired).
—Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Lead singer Judson Kolk coos sweet nothings about birds, bees, and Elvis while a matchbox orchestra swells around him.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
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Philip Metres
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
The Eastman Kodak Company, for instance, helped the OSS wage its shadow war by developing a small camera that could fit inside a matchbox and be operated only by feel.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Here's how to present your kids with a miniature lunch:
Line a small empty matchbox with foil or parchment paper (so that the food can be eaten, if desired).
—Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Lead singer Judson Kolk coos sweet nothings about birds, bees, and Elvis while a matchbox orchestra swells around him.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Matchbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchbox. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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matchbox
noun
match·box
-ˌbäks 
: a box for matches
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