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Lakeside living may bring to mind images of cabins and bonfires.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
Between the beach bonfire and this choice of dinner theme, these guests have some of the best taste of the season.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Authorities in New Jersey arrested 19-year-old Joseph Kling of Ocean Township and charged him with arson for allegedly causing the fire after leaving a bonfire improperly extinguished.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Visually, Zawada used black-and-white mid-century footage from Manchester – kids digging holes, smashing windows, lighting bonfires – and spliced it together with colorful claymation clips from decades ago.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 May 2025
Between the beach bonfire and this choice of dinner theme, these guests have some of the best taste of the season.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Authorities in New Jersey arrested 19-year-old Joseph Kling of Ocean Township and charged him with arson for allegedly causing the fire after leaving a bonfire improperly extinguished.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Visually, Zawada used black-and-white mid-century footage from Manchester – kids digging holes, smashing windows, lighting bonfires – and spliced it together with colorful claymation clips from decades ago.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bonfire. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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bonfire
noun
bon·fire
ˈbän-ˌfī(ə)r 
: a large outdoor fire
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