open fire

Example Sentences

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Oli has denied he had told the police to open fire on protesters.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Williams was on a mission near the peninsula’s north when he saw seven of the Soviet jets appear and eventually open fire, according to a Defense Department account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

To help with the pine needle drop, she also advises putting it in a cooler part of your house, away from radiators or open fire.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Photos from the early 1930s show a slender, bare-legged Follett with short-cropped hair, sitting beside an open fire with a cooking pan and an old tin coffee pot.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

We’d swim and fish and cook our catch over an open fire.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls