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- noun Plural form of
wildfire .
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Examples
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For me, the really eerie part about distant wildfires is when sunlight takes on a distinct orange cast even when sunset is hours away.
A Mad Dash to Mechanical Emus greygirlbeast 2010
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For me, the really eerie part about distant wildfires is when sunlight takes on a distinct orange cast even when sunset is hours away.
A Mad Dash to Mechanical Emus greygirlbeast 2010
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Among the report's specific predictions are longer and more intense heat waves, increased heavy downpours likely to cause widespread complications such as flooding and waterborne diseases, rising water temperatures, and an increase in wildfires and insect infestations.
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The heavy pall of smoke from the wildfires is everywhere, making the evening stakeout particularly unpleasant.
Shooting Britney 2008
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The heavy pall of smoke from the wildfires is everywhere, making the evening stakeout particularly unpleasant.
Shooting Britney 2008
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The heavy pall of smoke from the wildfires is everywhere, making the evening stakeout particularly unpleasant.
Shooting Britney 2008
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Live From Silver City » Global warming linked to increase in wildfires? says:
Think Progress » New Study: Manmade Global Warming Contributing To Increase In Wildfires 2006
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Four people have been killed and 400 homes destroyed in wildfires that have raged through Canberra, Australia's capital.
USATODAY.com - Notebook: Serena feels less 'lackadaisical' than Venus 2003
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Tony Ashby/AFP/Getty Images The wildfires are a further blow for the Australian government as it ponders how to pay for the estimated 20 billion Australian dollars US$20.03 billion that could be needed to rebuild large parts of Queensland state devastated by floods and a cyclone.
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She understood why the Indians called wildfires the red buffalo.
Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007
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