ready to fire
Example Sentences
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The teenage left-arm quick seems ready to fire at the T20 World Cup, having added muscle to South Africa's battery of pace bowlers alongside Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
This time around the boy math tweets held a level of vim that women on the internet were holding onto and ready to fire off.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2023
Missileers are young military officers who monitor, operate and stand ready to fire the nation’s nuclear warheads - sitting alert in underground launch control centers for shifts that can last from 24 to 48 hours.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023
These warheads are believed to be in storage facilities, rather than deployed and ready to fire.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022
Two more missile complexes in Cuba would be ready to fire by the end of the day.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
