fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Replete with Constructivist angles, it’s an unsentimental account of a woman who tells her fireman husband he isn’t the father of their newborn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Reading the item, Francie discovered that the heroic fireman had been Sissy’s first husband.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
In northern Portugal, in Valpacos, nearly 800 firemen were battling a forest fire that was spreading, the civil protection service said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Volunteer firemen is a tradition as old as the nation, but fewer young people are signing up to do the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
As they passed, one of the backwards-facing firemen looked up and met eyes with Alex.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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