fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Among them were a former rural mayor, an ex-police commander, a bar owner, a rancher, a fireman and various entrepreneurs associated with mining and construction, industries heavily subject to extortion demands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
As a teenager, Woods left Columbus for Missouri in 1872 to take a job as a railroad fireman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
A cloud of ash billowed, blotting out fireman and child.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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
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
Volunteer firemen is a tradition as old as the nation, but fewer young people are signing up to do the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
Then the policemen came in their patrol, and climbed up the ladder which the firemen had left against the building.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
