flamethrower
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This time, the Brewers have Jacob Misiorowski, the 24-year-old flamethrower who was baseball’s most dominant pitcher in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
South Korean police said they would seek an arrest warrant for a woman who set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
However, the 6-foot-7 flamethrower made a huge impact in the NLDS, throwing three scoreless innings of relief in Game 2 and four more in the winner-take-all Game 5.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
Scythe Goddard decided it was a day for samurai swords, although Chomsky refused to part with his flamethrower.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Same for rockets and tunnel-boring tools, brain interfaces and flamethrowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Calculating velocity wasn’t precise until about 20 years ago, making it difficult to compare Joyce and Chapman to legendary flamethrowers such as Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan, who avoided injury while amassing staggering numbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
A limited line of 20,000 flamethrowers sold by Boring Co. in 2018 to raise $10 million for its tunnel-building tests attracted huge interest.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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