firing

Example Sentences

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City could really do with getting Erling Haaland firing again, while this is Liverpool's first game since Mohamed Salah announced he will be leaving at the end of the season.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The dollar and 10-year Treasury yields both briefly fell in July after the president said he hadn’t ruled out firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, for instance.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It had previously allowed US forces to use the bases only for defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles that put British interests or lives at risk.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The footage does not capture an officer firing a weapon and the claim does not identify the officer responsible.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

And when he landed, it was the force of his own weight, rather than the pain firing up his whole body, that stunned him into silence.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie