fireworks

Example Sentences

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In the fireworks incident, the leaked records show that the department handed a five-day suspension to Brendan McCarty, a technician whose warning to his colleagues that the plan wasn’t safe went unheeded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Federal investigators concluded the actual weight of the fireworks was closer to 42 pounds, nearly double the containment vessel’s maximum safe capacity for a single explosion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Accidental explosions are a grim routine in India's fireworks industry, recurring with troubling regularity - most visibly around Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, which produces much of the country's supply.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Trump and the leader of Iran watching the fireworks together.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

And my parents said it was okay for me to go with Pete and his family to see the national fireworks tomorrow.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas