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firebrand

[fahyuhr-brand] / ˈfaɪərˌbrænd /


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He will vote Reform, believing firebrand leader Nigel Farage is a straight-talker.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

They can claim the mantle of the firebrand, which is forever out of reach for an institutional figure like Newsom.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

According to the ATF special agent, a firebrand became lodged within dense chaparral and then smoldered and burned within the roots of the vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Old buddy introduced him around till he knew every firebrand among the upper-class fellas the State Department wanted him to groom for revolution.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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