fiery
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The album’s lead single, “In the Stars,” finds guitarist Keith Richards laying down a fiery riff against Mick Jagger’s raw and affecting lead vocals.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
It also closed a mishap investigation into the company’s prior launch, which ended in a fiery explosion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Jurado tried to remind people that she was once a fiery activist, like so many in the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Bayern Munich winger was booked after clashing with Matias Galarza in stoppage time during France's 1-0 victory in a fiery last-16 match in Philadelphia.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the throne now sat Notus—a bronze-skinned old man in a fiery Greek chiton, his head crowned with a wreath of withered, smoking barley.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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
I give thanks to God that I am made of fierier material.
From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Walkerswood is known for producing some of the fieriest sauces.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The paper reported that there were parents in favor of the mask mandate, but some of the fieriest speeches came from those diametrically opposed.
From Fox News ● Aug. 18, 2021
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
"Aha!" he exclaimed, his eyes flashing across at me in fieriest anger.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames
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