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firebrand

[fahyuhr-brand] / ˈfaɪərˌbrænd /


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So why did it unravel for the Dutch head coach who many Liverpool fans initially regarded as the calm, transitional Bob Paisley figure to predecessor Klopp's firebrand, charismatic Bill Shankly?

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Attal joins a crowded field of candidates, including 55-year-old Edouard Philippe, an experienced centre-right former prime minister, and hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, 74.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Realizing he’d be unable to direct his fictionalized childhood remembrance, he entrusted it to his mentee Akin, the firebrand behind modern German classics such as “Head-On” and “In the Fade.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

Old buddy introduced him around till he knew every firebrand among the upper-class fellas the State Department wanted him to groom for revolution.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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