fired

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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

This week, host Scott Pelley was also fired after he confronted newsroom leadership about the culling in a tense staff meeting.

From Slate • 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

And that was why, instead of doing what he’d planned, which was to tell the boy he was fired, he ordered him to get dressed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman