flamethrower
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"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Once Chester realized that this mysterious D-III flamethrower was, in fact, real, he reached out to Ed Santa, a longtime Colorado Rockies scout who covered Western Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
South Korean police said they would seek an arrest warrant for a woman who set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
Instead, that polarity motif is more thrillingly captured when Eve fends off a flamethrower with a fire hose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Naomi cut me dead with a flamethrower glare.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Nobody knows for sure just how hard legendary flamethrowers like Walter Johnson, Bob Feller or Nolan Ryan truly threw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
The film contains more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots, ranging from flaming arrows and flamethrowers to massive explosions and fire tornadoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
A limited line of 20,000 flamethrowers sold by Boring Co. in 2018 to raise $10 million for its tunnel-building tests attracted huge interest.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
