flamethrower
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"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
South Korean police said they would seek an arrest warrant for a woman who set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
For a closer, they turned to Roki Sasaki, the Japanese rookie flamethrower who has been a reliever for all of 10 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
He was followed by flamethrower Edgardo Henriquez, who walked the first two hitters and gave up a hit to the third, forcing in two runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Naomi cut me dead with a flamethrower glare.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Now, fans fear that he will join the list of young flamethrowers who will go through the Tommy John rite of passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Calculating velocity wasn’t precise until about 20 years ago, making it difficult to compare Joyce and Chapman to legendary flamethrowers such as Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan, who avoided injury while amassing staggering numbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
A limited line of 20,000 flamethrowers sold by Boring Co. in 2018 to raise $10 million for its tunnel-building tests attracted huge interest.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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