fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Replete with Constructivist angles, it’s an unsentimental account of a woman who tells her fireman husband he isn’t the father of their newborn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
I look around for smoke and flames, but instead of a fire, I see a grinning fireman descending from the truck carrying a big wrench and an even bigger radio.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Nearly 800 firemen have been deployed to the major fire in Valpacos which has left at least five people lightly injured.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
A wisely managed retirement plan for cops and firemen is shaken down to shrink a deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
"I always felt like I was surrounded by such incredible people, lifeguards that were also firemen or firewomen. It was really, really, empowering."
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
In the meantime Arne Stolbaad’s chimney fire expired; when the firemen showed up at last he expressed to them his delight at having burned clean the flue creosote.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
