arsonist
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Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
He added: “The arsonist set the first fire, but the Fire Department proactively has a duty to do certain things.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
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
When officials suspect there’s a serial arsonist at work, Muschetto said, plainclothes investigators may surveil a suspect.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 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
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The Great Fire
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