firing

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Firing advanced missiles -- which can cost millions -- to down drones worth just a fraction of that is too expensive a response.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Appeared in the December 8, 2025, print edition as 'Court to Eye Vast Firing Power for President'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

He would go on to publish the National Review and host the PBS interview program, "Firing Line."

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

Not only had he worked for Giuliani in City Hall but his wife, Margaret Hoover, is a Republican descendant of Herbert Hoover and the host of the revived PBS show Firing Line.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

“Don’t speak of what I said to you. I cannot bear the shame. I would apologize, but words are too meager. There is no excuse for it. Firing me only begins to right the wrong.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman