fire
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Data-center developers are increasingly offering towns and cities packages in the tens of millions of dollars, including funds for fire departments, emergency services and schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed bills that create new rules for the state’s industrial companies following a massive fire at a cold storage facility in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Glover said she enjoys embracing her femininity and “taking that back” while working over fire.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
But the idea that oxygen has always been beneficial for all eukaryotes has come under fire in recent years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
It was a well-honed skill, and before long, a fire blazed beside the girl.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I drove down Hope Street, south of 12th Street, because a reader who lives in that area and has told me about repeated fires at abandoned properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Everything is being done to extinguish the fires, reduce the impact of the smoke, and, most importantly, protect the public from the threat of forest and land fires."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It’s very hard for us to deal with, and we’re spending a ton of money to upgrade systems, to fight the fires, or even to deal with the aftermath of these things.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
One of the smaller fires had already been doused, and a team of warriors was now battling the main one near the giant tent.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
After the women came forward, the actor was dropped from the finale of “And Just Like That” and was fired from CBS drama “The Equalizer.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"If there was a silver bullet, it would have been fired years ago," says Jackie Sadek, a former government adviser on urban regeneration, who has spent nearly four decades working in town centre renewal.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then on Sept. 20, Pyongyang said it had fired a pair of purported hypersonic missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Sparks fired general manager Raegan Pebley midseason following her trade of Jackson to Chicago for Ariel Atkins, a two-time All-Star who is now on a three-year deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“J.P. Morgan actually fired us as a customer,” said Charlie.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The firing, announced in a three-paragraph statement, comes less than 24 hours after Saturday’s 1-0 loss to FC Dallas dropped the team to sixth in the Western Conference table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the "Nor'easter" -- so labeled for its northeasterly winds -- as authorities warned of potential major flooding and road closures.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The restaurant was firing on all cylinders, and with its fourth star in hand, its profile was at an all-time high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
When Johnson appeared to violate that second law by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, the House impeached him.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The object was to hit that mat just as everything in his body really got firing.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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