fireworks

Example Sentences

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Federal investigators concluded the actual weight of the fireworks was closer to 42 pounds, nearly double the containment vessel’s maximum safe capacity for a single explosion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Accidental explosions are a grim routine in India's fireworks industry, recurring with troubling regularity - most visibly around Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, which produces much of the country's supply.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Trump and the leader of Iran watching the fireworks together.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

You don’t need fireworks or an angelic choir singing at first glance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

I’d barely gotten any sleep the night before because I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about how much fun Thomas was probably having with Pete at the Fourth of July fireworks.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas