firefighter
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Ryder told the president that he wants to be a firefighter someday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“I want to be a firefighter in the future, hopefully go through paramedic school,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Born in August 1989, Panettiere was raised in Palisades, New York, by parents Lesley Vogel, an actress and producer, and Skip, a former firefighter.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But replacing them is unlikely, according to Gironde firefighter Guillame Millet.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
So he called the fire department, and they sent a female firefighter up to get me.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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In areas where firefighters could operate, he confirmed the fire was "under control and contained."
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Nobody likes political consultants or lawyers. They like firefighters and nurses and teachers,” Republican strategist Matt Rexroad agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He said his firefighters have "very specialist skills" to tackle wildfires with military assistance enabling him to "focus all of that in the right place".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I had a whole pile of comic books and an old Game Boy in there, too—you know, just stuff—so I could be like the firefighters and the paramedics.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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