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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 fact, a new top for ushering in more time spent cheering on your favorite team or toasting marshmallows around a bonfire is time and money well spent.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Go crabbing, clamming, hiking, or mushroom foraging with a guide, head out for a fat-tire bike ride, or enjoy a beach bonfire, already set up for you, for the coziest way to end a day on the coast.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Developed in collaboration with firefighters and landowners, Seneca claims its scalable aerial units will redefine how wildfires are detected, controlled, and contained in an era of growing climate risk.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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