The fire tore through affluent coastal neighborhoods, leveling mansions with sweeping ocean views and reducing schools, businesses and churches to ash.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Mark Grace is smoking Winstons on the field and ashing into a cup.
Former All-Pro Dallas corner Trevon Diggs’ play has fallen off a cliff this season, and the Cowboys have gotten torched for a league-leading 10 touchdowns on throws of 20-plus yards.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
When the Dragon Bravo Fire torched the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in mid-July while the White Sage Fire spread further north, politicians immediately jumped to assign blame.
In the following story (which reads rather like an origin-myth for the cremation rite), a dead woman who has not been cremated seems physical enough to her family:
A family lived in isolation in the jungle.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 2025
No other conditions were listed, and the Annie Hall actress was cremated on Oct. 14.
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