fire
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Davies added they would be looking to widen footpaths and create fire breaks going forward, but asked any future visitors to stay off the burnt area.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It has poured further fuel onto the fire of fears about gaming's potentially digital future - after Xbox rival PlayStation faced an outage of its own on Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ghee said in a statement that they are excited to “set the road on fire with this electrifyingly hilarious play” alongside Alaska.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that two oil tankers attempting to transit the strait with US support turned back after one of them caught fire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Weary, not answering, he walks back to the fire.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The National Trust said there had been 13 large fires in the open on the Isle of Wight so far this year, more than the whole of 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Farmers have described suffering from reduced yields and being forced to harvest earlier, and field fires increasing.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
More than 60,000 people had been evacuated during the worst of the fires, but by Thursday most had been allowed to return home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Executives said the immediate impact of the fires had been limited by the August shutdown, but disruption could spread through the aerospace supply chain if the fires persisted or spread further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
One of the smaller fires had already been doused, and a team of warriors was now battling the main one near the giant tent.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
After Moore was fired, Poggi called Michigan a “malfunctioning organization” in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He fired off one of the earliest signs that the presumption itself could come into question.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Peters fired back at Wang, saying his comments had "proven my point".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
"The payment for the job," Natland fired back.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s possible the waiter got scared and never used the pills, or maybe he got fired before he had the chance.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
He spent about three minutes firing questions at the ship's second officer, who was helming the vessel, before he was shepherded back to the public areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Perhaps most intriguing, its cloud-computing business is firing on all cylinders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
Once he established his high-end consulting firm, Reilly retained his political staffers at no small expense, even during the lull between campaigns, rather than hiring and firing them as seasonal workers, which was the norm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Witches zip by overhead on brooms, cackling madly and firing plumes of black smoke at one another.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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