fireball
Example Sentences
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If things get spicy, there’s always Abbey Murphy, the Minnesota scorer and fireball who will mix it up with anyone, including a goalie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Social media videos showed a fireball erupting into the night sky at the Plastmass plant, which produces explosives, including for the Russian army.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
If one enters the atmosphere, it can create a bright fireball and sometimes leave behind small meteorites on the ground.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025
Witnesses described a "fireball" type explosion soon after the Netherlands-bound light aircraft had taken off.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
If Mother’s thoughts could have taken form, they would have looked like a big fireball falling out of the sky, aimed straight at the She Elephant.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
