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Recent Examples of campfire
The lore of the position is passed between players like travelers telling tales at a campfire.
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Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Starting in April, visitors to Australia’s Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park will be able to stay overnight for the first time, stargazing by campfire by the world’s largest monolith.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Creosote also tends to make your fireplace smell like a campfire year-round.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Starting in April, visitors to Australia’s Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park will be able to stay overnight for the first time, stargazing by campfire by the world’s largest monolith.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Creosote also tends to make your fireplace smell like a campfire year-round.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campfire
Noun
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In the winter, high-end Everline Resort offers snowcat tours to a winter bonfire and stargazing circle (snow permitting), while Tahoe Adventure Company runs group sunset and full moon snowshoe tours around the north shore.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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Do not smoke, use flashlights, or light bonfires at night.—
Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Conway said there aren’t a lot of discounts currently available for wildfire mitigation, but there are for fortifying a house’s roof against hail.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The forest fire sequence is a good example.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Campfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campfire. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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