as in campfire
a large outdoor fire
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Forest walks, lazy lake days, midday swims, and evening bonfires are a part of your regular day.
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
While other dystopias have their bonfires—cinematic conflagrations that turn censorship into spectacle—the Party, in George Orwell’s vision, relies on memory holes.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Each week, host Mark L. Walberg sits down with the men and women separately at a bonfire, where they will be shown out-of-context clips of what their significant other has been up to at their temporary home.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Court records showed that, on Oct. 5, 2020, White and two other individuals attacked a 28-year-old man during a bonfire in the woods near Ravenswood Trail in East Lyme.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
While other dystopias have their bonfires—cinematic conflagrations that turn censorship into spectacle—the Party, in George Orwell’s vision, relies on memory holes.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Each week, host Mark L. Walberg sits down with the men and women separately at a bonfire, where they will be shown out-of-context clips of what their significant other has been up to at their temporary home.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Court records showed that, on Oct. 5, 2020, White and two other individuals attacked a 28-year-old man during a bonfire in the woods near Ravenswood Trail in East Lyme.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonfire. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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