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  • For a second both of the women are caught in the glow from the lighter's fiery tip.

    Castanets '84 Ginnah Howard 2010

  • Fire steels When the lighter's wet, or empty, or lost, and you've somehow forgotten to individually coat all your matches with wax, these spark-making steels will light your stove or dry kindling in all weathers.

    Kit corner 2011

  • The question was punctuated by the lighter's bright jaws snapping shut.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • My favorite light-it-up tool is one of those long barbecue lighters, made like a cigarette lighter's gigantic cousin Al.

    Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions 2010

  • An apparently innocent lighter came alongside at once, but the lighter's cargo was not quite so innocent as its appearance.

    The South Pole~ On the Way to the South 2009

  • She trusted in inspiration, even when -- during her lengthy fallow periods -- its glow was less like a lamp's than a balky cigarette lighter's.

    The Poet as Survivor Brad Leithauser 2008

  • This video was on a lighter's computer; he explained how DW was posting it on YouTube and getting some dandy guerrilla advertising for "Flushed Away."

    Dancing Slugs Steve Hulett 2006

  • This video was on a lighter's computer; he explained how DW was posting it on YouTube and getting some dandy guerrilla advertising for "Flushed Away."

    Archive 2006-10-01 Steve Hulett 2006

  • Jayve crouched under the incredible curve of the lighter's hull, both palms flat against its centimeters-thick layer of crystalline sealant.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • A bunch of people emerged and I heard Babs say "This lighter's no workin '."

    Risk Assessment in the 70s. 2006

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