fired

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Since then, she has had a part-time job, but she was recently fired.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Israeli troops, he said, were in houses at the top of the hill that overlooked their base and had frequently fired in their direction.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Trump and Xi stood in the centre as a Chinese military band played The Star-Spangled Banner and then the Chinese national anthem as cannons fired.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Leonard Bernstein composed in one booth; Madonna has said she once worked there as a coat-check girl and was fired; two Picasso drawings hang among its many artworks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Large numbers of the shells fired were duds; they failed to detonate.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman