firebrand

Example Sentences

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"Free our president," read a placard held by a man with a red flannel shirt which bore the image of Maduro's predecessor and mentor, late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.

From Barron's

Recruiting firebrand poet Ezra Pound as her European talent scout, Anderson began publishing works by T.S.

From Los Angeles Times

He had an earlier television incarnation as Bill Brand in the 1970s ITV series of the same name about a fictional firebrand Labour MP.

From BBC

But Jacobson has taken heat for these signings from some of the more traditional acts on his roster as well as other executives and firebrands online.

From The Wall Street Journal

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