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The men worked by torchlight.
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For months doctors at the last functioning hospital in the wartorn Sudanese city of el-Fasher performed operations by torchlight, desperately trying to save lives in the most impossible conditions.
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NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Throughout the entire film, the light in the characters’ eyes, too… the Infinity Castle movie is a work of art that makes abundant use of torchlights and illumination.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
The main hatch is already open, a small mercy for my purposes, and my torchlight shines back on a wooden ladder, paint worn in the centre of each rung where the crew’s footsteps buffed it away.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Has veracity become one of those quaint relics of a bygone era, like straw boaters and torchlight parades?
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Throughout the entire film, the light in the characters’ eyes, too… the Infinity Castle movie is a work of art that makes abundant use of torchlights and illumination.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
The main hatch is already open, a small mercy for my purposes, and my torchlight shines back on a wooden ladder, paint worn in the centre of each rung where the crew’s footsteps buffed it away.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Has veracity become one of those quaint relics of a bygone era, like straw boaters and torchlight parades?
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Torchlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torchlight. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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torchlight
noun
torch·light
-ˌlīt 
: the light given by torches
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