firecrackers
Example Sentences
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Spent firecrackers scatter residue that contains partially burned fuel, metal salts, additives, and pieces of charred packaging.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026
Beer was showered over the crowd, firecrackers set off and Mexican flags waved high in the sky against the setting sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Wearing helmets and ponchos, the protesters, many of whom waved rainbow-colored Indigenous flags, marched toward the city center to the din of firecrackers.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Rapid-response teams—made up of locals riding motorcycles and armed with firecrackers and devices that spray chili-pepper irritants—try to steer wandering elephants back into protected areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Trees bowed in deep kowtows or broke their backs, a series of snaps like firecrackers popping, until one loud, sickening crack added to the cacophony in the sky.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
