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fireman

[fahyuhr-muhn] / ˈfaɪər mən /
NOUN
one who extinguishes fires
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NOUN
one who fuels engines or furnaces
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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

Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

And the times they couldn’t, Roberts would turn to left-hander Alex Vesia to be his primary fireman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

Sergio looked up and over at the fireman, who was sitting on the opposite side of the train, a bunch of seats farther down.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

By all means honor the firemen and police and others who gave their lives on 9/11.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

After a nervy 30 minutes, firemen finally freed the parachutist and his chute to big cheers from the crowd.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

At two thirty a.m., when the firemen opened the door and discovered the baby, lying in a cardboard box, it had just begun to snow, and everything was covered with a silvery, crystalline dusting.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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