embers
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[edit]Noun
[edit]embers
Noun
[edit]embers pl (plural only)
- The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
- 1994, Polly Samson, David Gilmour, “High Hopes”, in The Division Bell, performed by Pink Floyd:
- Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us / To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
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.- 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Hojlund scooped a header over the bar. Amad was dangerous and in the dying embers of injury time, Vicario turned away a decent header from substitute Joshua Zirkzee.
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[edit]the smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash
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