fire
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"It is not little kitchens and pots boiling away, mimsy little things being placed on plates. He is cooking with fire... he stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks," Coren said.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
My 15-year-old granddaughter, she said to me, “When I start working at your company, the first thing I’m gonna do is fire you on the spot.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The job market, however, is not totally on fire.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The city of Newark has been pressing for The GEO Group to permit a fire inspection and obtain a certificate of occupancy for the sprawling private jail.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Few things in this world smell worse than a privy on fire.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He said he was hoping his organic wine would emerge intact after the fires, but was waiting for the end of the winemaking process to be sure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
It said private residential houses were targeted, with fires reported in two buildings.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
A coalition of wildfire survivors, consumer advocates and other groups wrote a letter to Newsom last month, asking him for legislation that keeps utilities accountable for the fires they cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Conditions that developed months before the fires began left parts of Spain and France especially vulnerable, according to an analysis by researchers with The State of Wildfires Project.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The fires that had happened not just in Ravenskill, but in Boggs Ferry and Stormville.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The Sparks ownership group fired general manager Raegan Pebley in mid-July, seemingly changing direction near the deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Before going to work less than two years ago for Uber because of its flexible schedule, Lobga was fired from a series of jobs for skipping work to join protests, family said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
An independent AFP investigation concluded that two Israeli 120mm tank shells were fired from the Jordeikh area inside Israel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Armed relatives fired repeated volleys into the air, a customary gesture of mourning in many Arab communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The British lined up three cannons and fired.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Levy has previously denied firing the shot that killed Hathaleen.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Businesses face an array of challengers, however, so the economy isn’t firing on all cylinders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
An investigation commissioned by the University of Michigan following the firing of football coach Sherrone Moore highlighted problems inside the athletic department that went far beyond his intimate relationship with a staff member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The probe was later dropped to ease Warsh's Senate confirmation, while the Supreme Court blocked Cook's firing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mariya Smirnova, the squadron commander, noticed the silence and reasoned—correctly—that the only reason the antiaircraft guns would stop firing was because there must be German night fighter aircraft patrolling the sky.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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