quick-fire

Example Sentences

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Ian currently manages the U.K. companies desk, overseeing corporate news flashes and quick fire fills for both the Dow Jones Newswire and The Wall Street Journal's website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

They're being judged in a quick fire and then the elimination, and then there's one day of rest, and then they're back in it again.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

A quick fire drill in the cold means we bond like a bunch of Emperor penguins, Gaia the warmest in the middle.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2016

They will also take an aggressive legal posture, the attorneys said, filing quick fire lawsuits to fight potentially shoddy jail conditions, onerous bail bonds and civil rights abuses.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 21, 2014

“You been mighty natural and considerate,” the mother said to the younger children later when she went to the woodpile and called them to pick dry kindling for a quick fire.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong