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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 The fires were a bonfire of bad ideas that had piled up over decades, from suburban sprawl into wildfire zones to the flammable plastics that now fill many people’s homes.—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025 Try a winter wellness walk and warm up by a bonfire to roast marshmallows.—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonfire
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire
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