flamethrower
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The fall of Brendan Rodgers, and Dermot Desmond's startling evisceration of a celebrated manager, could only be rivalled if Celtic's major shareholder suddenly takes a flamethrower to his relationship with O'Neill.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
They gave him a comically huge glove—and it appears to have transformed Sasaki into the untouchable flamethrower he was always supposed to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
Chomsky torched a potted shrub with a flamethrower.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
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
Jaeger is an adventurous fellow who is fond of flamethrowers and scorns Searcher whose preferred tool is a hoe.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
