The remains of the campfire smoldered. Her eyes smoldered with anger. Anger smoldered in my heart.

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The Bay Area will smolder on Saturday and get even hotter on Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Labor Day weekend weather in Bay Area: hot, very hot or miserably hot," 5 Sep. 2020

By Thursday, the fire complex had burned through much of Big Basin State Park and some fires continue to smolder in the park, Ethan Baron and Randy Vazquez report for the Mercury News. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, "Wildfire Burns California’s Oldest State Park—but Most Redwoods Should Recover Soon," 25 Aug. 2020

Roots can smolder for a long time and eventually ignite a ground fire. T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, "Wild Fires," 9 Jan. 2017

The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, "The Man Who Sacked Rome," 9 June 2020

Macon County Sheriff Andre Brunson told the Opelika-Auburn News that motorists saw the cross begin to fall onto the overpass railing and attempted to move the smoldering object away from the overpass. Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, "FBI and local authorities investigating cross burning over Alabama overpass," 5 June 2020

Ionization sensors are designed to detect invisible smoke particles and are associated with flaming fires (most common in house fires), while photoelectric smoke detectors can quickly detect smoke tied to smoldering fires. Nicole Bradley, Better Homes & Gardens, "6 Best Smoke Detectors to Keep Your Family Safe," 2 June 2020

There’s the smoldering police station torched early Thursday morning by protesters enraged by the death of George Floyd while in custody. Anchorage Daily News, "Unrest devastates a city’s landmark street of diversity," 1 June 2020

Photos show Bank of Punjab president Zafar Masood and at least one other passenger, identified as Muhammad Zubair, after they were freed from the smoldering wreckage. Fox News, "Bank president, second survivor are pulled from wreckage of Pakistan plane crash," 23 May 2020

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