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flamethrower

[flaym-throh-er] / ˈfleɪmˌθroʊ ər /


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This time, the Brewers have Jacob Misiorowski, the 24-year-old flamethrower who was baseball’s most dominant pitcher in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

You don’t have to suddenly become a flamethrower, but some sparks would help.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 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

So strange, like a dragon or a flamethrower blazed a trail.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

He’s one of the few young flamethrowers to stay relatively healthy.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia


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