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firefighter

[fahyuhr-fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr /
NOUN
fireman
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The PPL expressed concern that the extra funding would be used to spike firefighter pensions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

On this recent trip, he was hunting for Marshall, the firefighter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Another firefighter died on Wednesday in South Kalimantan on Indonesia's part of Borneo island.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

With some formal firefighter training and background checks, volunteers commit to following fire officials’ orders, helping residents evacuate and putting out spot fires, while leaving the ferocious front-line flames to the professionals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

More than 250 firefighters responded to the scene, working through the night to locate trapped victims.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Three firefighters were among the injured, Mamdani said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Winston Bowen quietly watched as New York firefighters looked for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, after a deadly tragedy that he blamed on "careless" developers leading rapid gentrification.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Images from the scene showed firefighters sifting through a pile of rubble in front of what appeared to be a residential property with its walls torn down, exposing a bedroom and a clothing wardrobe.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The entire cloister was now on fire, and although firefighters raced toward the blaze, they were intercepted by a young man stepping out of the main gate.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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