arsonist

Example Sentences

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Indeed, Mark Zuckerberg offering Instagram-specific screen-time reports and time limits has the whiff of an arsonist handing out firefighting tips.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

He became the arsonist who laid claim to being the heroic firefighter.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

His mother told The Times that he is ‘not an arsonist.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

The Line fire in San Bernardino County has burned mostly Forest Service land, but investigators believe an arsonist started it in an adjacent suburb.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2024

He’d grown up being called a freak, an arsonist, because whenever he got angry, things burned.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan