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firefighter

[fahyuhr-fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr /
NOUN
fireman
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"There's thunder, that's good," said a firefighter at the command post set up in the town's sports hall.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Within an hour and a half, a San Bernardino County firefighter suffered a terrain-related injury and was hospitalized, said Chloe Castillo, public information officer with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Buying a home was out of reach on their respective salaries as a firefighter and teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi paid tribute to late firefighter Alessandro Marchi who he said died "in service to the community".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

No Z. No crazy bomber dude or firefighter coming to save the day.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

Roughly 35 Los Angeles city firefighters rescued a man stuck in his work truck inside a commercial building following a crash in Pacific Palisades on Thursday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said about 90 firefighters were "working incredibly hard in arduous conditions" to bring under control a "large-scale, wind-driven" fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Light morning rain boosted that outlook, though firefighters remained wary given previous flare-ups from smouldering embers in the devastated land, covering a bigger area than the island of Malta.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said it was critical that firefighters keep the blazes from reaching major industrial sites.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

And then she’d probably want to burn a couple dozen candles and make me dance around them, and we all know that would end up with the cute firefighters storming our house again.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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