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fiery

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


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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

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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