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Delia, the wife of an Irish diplomat, infuses her account with dry wit: “I was singing in Belfast the night the Luftwaffe firebombed the theatre,” she explains.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

With both rulings, Owens sided with four women, including two obstetricians, and two nonprofits, including a planned Casper women’s health care and abortion clinic that was firebombed in May, who sued to contest the law.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2022

Charlie and her associates are hired to look into the 2009 death of an imam in Dearborn, Mich., after his mosque is firebombed.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

In 1945, the U.S. firebombed major Japanese cities, including Tokyo, and captured Okinawa, but Japan resisted demands for surrender despite its seemingly hopeless position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 4, 2015

His San Francisco offices were firebombed in 1985 after he had organized protests against a planned visit by President Reagan to the Bitburg cemetery in Germany, where dozens of SS officers were interred.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2015