fireman
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“Forget that one. It’s gone,” they heard one fireman say, referring to their house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
My stepfather worked as a furnace fireman for the New York City Housing Authority, fixing and maintaining the huge boilers that heated the Red Hook Housing Projects where we lived then.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
As they were driving away when evacuating, they could see on their app that there were firemen with hoses walking around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nearly 800 firemen have been deployed to the major fire in Valpacos which has left at least five people lightly injured.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
After a nervy 30 minutes, firemen finally freed the parachutist and his chute to big cheers from the crowd.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
In the days after, I watched the ridiculous pageantry of flags, the machismo of firemen, the overwrought slogans.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
