fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Replete with Constructivist angles, it’s an unsentimental account of a woman who tells her fireman husband he isn’t the father of their newborn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
“It could be winds, brush clearance, luck,” said Scott Brown, a fireman assigned to Los Angeles County Fire Station 66 about a mile east in Kinneloa Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
I look around for smoke and flames, but instead of a fire, I see a grinning fireman descending from the truck carrying a big wrench and an even bigger radio.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
And one commenter, referencing the classic hot firemen calendars used as fundraisers, wrote: “Someone should make a calendar of handsome men rescuing cats and dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
And if that doesn’t ensure the populace is in thrall to the authoritarian narrative, the firemen of the novel burn books, ensuring ideas can’t get into the hands of the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In northern Portugal, in Valpacos, nearly 800 firemen were battling a forest fire that was spreading, the civil protection service said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
I work on my Ibo report and peek out the window at all the little witches and firemen and brides and monsters.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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