firework
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The concert was capped off with the emotion of the night - his track Main Hoon Punjabi, which means "I am Punjab" - set to a spectacular firework display.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
He could turn Real back into a juggernaut, or it could all blow up in a firework of recrimination and newspaper headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Capt. Kyle Stevens of the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office told the San Francisco Chronicle that the office believed the roughly 6-inch-long object was a homemade firework.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ahead of the event, Pyrotecnico told AFP they were aiming to break the world record for the largest firework display, which was set on New Year's Day 2016 in the Philippines with around 810,000 fireworks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
I turn out into the abyss before us, still lit softly by the tinkerer’s firework.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
While TNT has tried other sources, “the quality and safety is not close,” and imported fireworks “pose no threat to America’s broader trade or national security interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Police spokesman Roger Roca told AFP news agency that fireworks had been stored at the barracks, and the cause of the blast remained under investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
In further comments to the Focus news outlet, a spokesman for the operator said homemade projectiles, resembling fireworks typically used on New Year's Eve in Germany, were used in the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
To the children I handed out two annas apiece, to be spent on fireworks.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
