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firefighter

[fahyuhr-fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr /
NOUN
fireman
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Customs officials said the 45-year-old Mexican firefighter had looked "conspicuously nervous" as he tried to go through the green - nothing to declare - exit at the airport.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Myke Cole, a volunteer firefighter in New York’s Hudson Valley, is a former intelligence and law enforcement officer and the author, most recently, of “Steel Lobsters: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Melyanti, a 25-year-old carer for the elderly and part-time firefighter, told AFP there were some in the community "who don't like our fire prevention activities".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

In Sequim your butcher might also be the volunteer firefighter who saved your house or barn, as well as the neighbor who helped you rebuild it.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

A house fire in Leicestershire is believed to have been caused by a charging lithium-ion battery, firefighters have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Norte fire has burned more than 570 acres and damaged homes in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano as firefighters battle Southern California blazes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured in the unrest on Saturday, France's interior ministry said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Istanbul municipal teams and firefighters were carrying out cleanup operations at schools, football pitches, garages and other sites on Thursday, pumping water out of flooded areas and clearing mud, an AFP photographer reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The firefighters are like superheroes: they get right at it, spraying water from backpack pumps, scraping brush away from the fire’s edge.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz


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