on fire
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Danny Gardner is on fire, literally and figuratively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss set college football on fire last season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Fortunately the problem has not been as serious as in some areas, but Bobi has been regularly responding to "a few patches of grass going up on fire and just spreading very fast".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A navy vessel and other ships rushed in Wednesday to rescue over 100 people from a ferry on fire off the tourist island of Bali, officials said, in the second such incident in days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He crowds each page with questions, drawings, facts, observations, jokes—a portrait of a mind on fire.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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