fire
Example Sentences
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Both sides have since exchanged intermittent fire, without returning to full-scale hostilities.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The Exxon executive threatened to fire him if he was ever injured in a bike race again, and then abruptly hung up, according to an account in “Private Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The evidence, he said, would show the fire was caused by fireworks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
OpenAI has since come under fire for failing to report the suspect's account to police, prompting a written apology to the victims' families by CEO Sam Altman.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She was a tiny, frail-looking young woman with fire in her eyes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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