fireman
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“Forget that one. It’s gone,” they heard one fireman say, referring to their house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
"As I recall he was very rarely there," said the former fireman from Gwynedd.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Before he could send the fireman to investigate, the ghastly figure had vanished in the haze, melted in the mist.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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
A wisely managed retirement plan for cops and firemen is shaken down to shrink a deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Within minutes, some twenty-five firemen arrived and, using axes and other tools, cut their way into the firehouse.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
