fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 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
"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
“Boy, you did your grandmother a favor,” the fireman said.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
And if that doesn’t ensure the populace is in thrall to the authoritarian narrative, the firemen of the novel burn books, ensuring ideas can’t get into the hands of the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
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
"Everybody just wanted to be firemen because we were brought up with it all the time... everything was involved around the fire brigade."
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
We spent the entire night sifting through our belongings, which the firemen had strewn around the bedroom or had gotten wet as they’d tried to fight the fire.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
