firing
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After a quiet opener, Taylor - who turned professional in 2016 - burst into life in the second round, firing quick combinations before darting back out of range.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Bartiromo’s lawyer disputed those accounts on Friday, calling reports of her firing “absolutely and unequivocally false” and said they have the receipts to prove it.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Simpson escaped pressure and rolled out to his left before firing a pass to diving receiver Brennan Presley for a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Build-A-Bear Workshop is paying David Henderson more than $32 million in connection to his firing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
There his task was to stop the North Vietnamese from firing rockets into Danang.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
The firings mark the latest escalation in Hegseth’s increasingly contentious relationship with the press.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
What the reforms would discourage is the strategic use of firings to immobilize the commissions themselves.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Yet there’s a turducken of ironies nesting in the response to Mr. Trump’s firings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A majority of Supreme Court justices allowed Trump’s firings of other independent federal agency leaders to go forward.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Now, with the firings of seven principals, three secretaries and thirty-four teachers, including my own husband, I realize it is no longer enough for me to think these things. I need to say them.”
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
