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fiery

[fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree] / ˈfaɪər i, ˈfaɪ ə ri /


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Marvel Studios recently announced that a “Ghost Rider” reboot starring Ryan Gosling as the eponymous fiery, supernatural motorcyclist, will hit theaters July 28, 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The fiery derailment in East Palestine led to one of the worst U.S. chemical disasters in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Qin Gang, China’s former foreign minister, once told Wilder that Xi “loved to drink,” and that the two had grown close on long flights over moutai, the fiery grain liquor prized by China’s elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Thirty-six years ago, Nigel flew across the Atlantic as the fiery outsider, tearing through Doug DeWitt in Atlantic City to secure his first world title.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

It had a fiery mountain with green rain forest on the high slopes and grasslands at the bottom.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

On another side of town, and in another fictional world, sketch-comedy group The Habit tries on a fierier stage adaptation with a much higher body count: the 1988 Christmas Eve action-thriller “Die Hard.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

With the help of a public speaking coach, he returned to the debates as a decidedly fierier presence.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2016

He was fierier than most Plowshares activists, a believer in miracles and prophecy, a bold “warrior for peace,” like Philip Berrigan.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2015

While Mr. Boreyko led the orchestra in brisk, burnished readings — the brasses, not always the Philharmonic’s rock, were particularly strong — the final Allegro of the Dvorak could have been fierier.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2012

"It's infernally difficult—taking you to task," he explained blushing a still fierier red.

From The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Portraying Franklin - one of the last century's fieriest singers - is a daunting task, but although Hudson has a powerful voice, she can't come close to embodying the richness and range of Franklin's style.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021

The fieriest eulogy came from Hammock, who acknowledged that although Trinity's murder had brought people of all faiths together, he realized many would leave wondering why it had happened.

From Fox News ● Mar. 25, 2019

Todd Stottlemyre, known as one of the fieriest pitchers of his era, won 138 games in the majors from 1988 to 2002.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2016

Thomas’ dissent is, in many ways, the fieriest of the bunch.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2015

IN their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville


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