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firefighter

[fahyuhr-fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr /
NOUN
fireman
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On this recent trip, he was hunting for Marshall, the firefighter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Customs officials said the 45-year-old Mexican firefighter had looked "conspicuously nervous" as he tried to go through the green - nothing to declare - exit at the airport.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Another firefighter involved in the rescue was briefly evaluated for injuries, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

There seemed to be some kind of brotherhood, some unspoken agreement, when they found out Gideon was a firefighter.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

At RAF Upper Heyford, firefighters would practice putting out an aeroplane set on fire above a "pond" of fuel.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Would the vehicles block firefighters from reaching her neighborhood?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and other employee groups reported raising $7.7 million through mid-October to campaign in favor of Measure A, according to financial disclosure reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But recent weakness in some corners of the increasingly debt-driven sector have previewed potential pain to pensions—and millions of teachers, firefighters and other workers they support—if growth decelerates or the boom goes bust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As soon as he saw her safely hit the yellow inflated mattress and the firefighters reach for her, Rashid had run out of the room to find Tad and the others.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau


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