fired
Example Sentences
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Military campaigns planned for months reached a crescendo in a symphony of mouse clicks as rockets were fired for hours at a time.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Complacency was the exact thing that general manager Kelly McCrimmon was looking to eliminate when he fired coach Bruce Cassidy 74 games into the regular season as the Golden Knights floundered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The final pieces have been fired in the kilns of Denby Pottery, bringing two centuries of production to a close.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
She kept the safety on and never fired.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
The French jets swooped and fired rockets at the remaining hostile planes, which all fled.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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