Example Sentences

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One minute we are raging against the perils of A.I., and the next, docilely accepting Gemini’s take on the best Caribbean vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The fires are raging at a particularly precarious time for L.A., a city heralded worldwide as the epicenter of Western entertainment.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Massive wildfires are raging through the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains — two of the three ranges where Southern California mountain yellow-legged frogs eke out a fragile existence in a handful of isolated streams.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Wildfires are raging in Texas, where firefighters are struggling to contain the massive blaze amid difficult weather conditions.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

I school my face to blankness, but, inside, my emotions are raging like a creek after a spring storm.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland