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
Once Chester realized that this mysterious D-III flamethrower was, in fact, real, he reached out to Ed Santa, a longtime Colorado Rockies scout who covered Western Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
It can be breathy and ethereal or a searing flamethrower — and she transforms into an angelic chorus of one when she tracks layers of her own harmonies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
So strange, like a dragon or a flamethrower blazed a trail.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Relievers used to be pitchers who weren’t good enough to be starters; now they are flamethrowers in shorter stints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
Musk's Boring Co sold flamethrowers and hats to raise funds for its Hyperloop transportation project.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
