fireman
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In an era of extreme bullpen specialization, when seemingly every reliever has a prescribed role, Ashby has become an old-fashioned fireman befitting the Brewers’ throwback style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“Those corridors fill up with smoke, so now you’re having to do a fireman crawl along the floor for potentially hundreds of feet,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025
Sergio looked up and over at the fireman, who was sitting on the opposite side of the train, a bunch of seats farther down.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
And one commenter, referencing the classic hot firemen calendars used as fundraisers, wrote: “Someone should make a calendar of handsome men rescuing cats and dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
By all means honor the firemen and police and others who gave their lives on 9/11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In northern Portugal, in Valpacos, nearly 800 firemen were battling a forest fire that was spreading, the civil protection service said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
I’m not sure who was more surprised, Daddy or the protesters, when the firemen turned the hoses on.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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