fireman
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"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.
From BBC ● May 6, 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
He tore off his hoodie and pulled his T-shirt over his head and tossed it to the fireman.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Nearly 800 firemen have been deployed to the major fire in Valpacos which has left at least five people lightly injured.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 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
"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
And a sort of panic was beginning to break out among the firemen and the policemen on the rooftop.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
