firing

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“The best way to practice live firing is right in the area you’re supposed to defend,” said Chou Yu-ping, a retired Taiwanese air force colonel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Against a Chiefs side, they will want all cylinders firing.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But we do know that Rossetti’s firing shows just how challenging it is for a millennia-old institution to keep control of its message in the age of the influencer.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

It would require Hezbollah to stop firing, withdraw from near the Israeli border and would see Lebanon's army deploy to new "pilot zones" in the area, where it will exercise exclusive control.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

And when he landed, it was the force of his own weight, rather than the pain firing up his whole body, that stunned him into silence.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie