Example Sentences
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Four minutes later a photographer snapped an image as iconic as the napalmed child in Vietnam: McHale, sprawled atop crumpled metal, her face tranquil.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
Written by the Catholic priest Daniel Berrigan and based largely on verbatim transcripts, it describes how Berrigan, his brother and fellow priest, and seven parishioners napalmed several hundred draft cards.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
I can't speak for anyone but me, but this year sometimes just felt like a dumpster on fire in the middle of recently napalmed landfill.
From The Verge ● Dec. 23, 2014
While it's true Woods napalmed the place in 2000, setting sick scoring records and winning by a gluttonous 15 shots, Mickelson also has Pebble pedigree.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 12, 2010
Some photo images find the retina of the heart and never go away: the fallen G.I.s on Omaha Beach on D-day, the napalmed girl in Vietnam and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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