bonfire

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Recent Examples of bonfire More: Man arrested for arson after bonfire ignites Jones Road wildfire, authorities say Fire could be one of New Jersey's biggest The blaze was threatening to become the biggest in New Jersey in 20 years, officials said. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025 In yet another detail pulled from Persona, players can converse with the cast around the bonfire and learn about their backstories. George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025 If Patagonia’s notorious winds dissipate, there are even nightly bonfires and asado-style barbecues by the sea. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 Watch your kids surf their first wave or learn something entirely new at the Ocean Explorers kids club, and make new family memories together over s’mores beach bonfires. AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonfire
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Noun
  • Toward the end of the four-hour dinner, there’s the seemingly obligatory invitation to the kitchen, or in this case, to the campfire.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Extreme weather prompted Great Smoky Mountains National Park to ban campfires and charcoal use Saturday until further notice.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While her home was not destroyed, the actress revealed in a Jan. 10 interview that one of her friends perished in the wildfires.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The lawsuit lists the major destructive wildfires that investigators said were sparked by Edison’s equipment in recent years, including the Bobcat and Silverado fires in 2020, as well as the Coastal and Fairview fires in 2022.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025

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