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fire

[fahyuhr] / faɪər /










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More than 40 firefighters have been called out after reports of fire at a bar in central Glasgow.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Bigger trees are more resistant to fires, so when the next fire occurs, they are more likely to survive.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ponysaurus’s owners had agreed to let us use their building and its fire and sanitation inspections, which are required to open a private school in the Tar Heel State.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The British Museum is also under fire over prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Clare hooked a teakettle over the rising fire and placed his monocle over his eye socket.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The forest at Tanjil Bren was dense mountain ash regrowth from the 1939 fires.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The heavy rain helps the emergency services to put out the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The report provides the most frank and in-depth review of the Eaton and Palisades fires, and points out multiple shortcomings in governmental planning and response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the justice ministry to introduce the changes to the criminal law after more than 100 fires in the north-east of the country during an intense heatwave in northern Africa.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Women were cooking outside over wood fires, smoking fish on clay ovens while children played on the shore, and goats and chickens wandered around.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The agency’s operator was recently sued by a former executive who was fired earlier this year after raising concerns about train safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It remains unclear how many shots were fired, Worley said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Security Breach: OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The average star of WWE or AEW signs on as an independent contractor, meaning they are responsible for their own health insurance and are subject to being fired for nearly any cause.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Across the country, people built bonfires, organized parades, fired guns, shot cannons, and sang patriotic songs.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

"Let's not pull any punches here. I'm firing on all cylinders at the moment. I feel fantastic. I'm 38 years young."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Davis also said he was "concerned" about the director general's comments on firing more people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Launching a drone is far less cumbersome than firing a missile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The one silver lining is that businesses aren’t firing many people, either: Layoffs are near a record low, and show no sign of rising.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

There his task was to stop the North Vietnamese from firing rockets into Danang.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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