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Recent Examples of firefight
Super proud of them for doing this, especially in a live firefight.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
The attack along Bourbon Street killed 14 revelers, along with Jabbar, 42, who was fatally shot in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and plowing into the crowd.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The attacker, a U.S. citizen who had proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group, was fatally shot in a firefight with police.
—Jack Brook and Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The man, who later died in a firefight with police, was an American citizen from Texas who posted several videos onto Facebook in the hours before the attack proclaiming his support for the Islamic State militant group.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
The attack along Bourbon Street killed 14 revelers, along with Jabbar, 42, who was fatally shot in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and plowing into the crowd.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The attacker, a U.S. citizen who had proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group, was fatally shot in a firefight with police.
—Jack Brook and Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The man, who later died in a firefight with police, was an American citizen from Texas who posted several videos onto Facebook in the hours before the attack proclaiming his support for the Islamic State militant group.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firefight
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Naked Burn Gel for fire stunts; Dustin Brooks and Colin Decker for the development of Fire for Hire’s naked burn gel; and Attila T. Áfra for the Intel Open Image Denoise, and Timo Aila for his work at NVIDIA applying U-Nets to denoising.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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A couple had a surprise engagement after losing their house in the Los Angeles fires.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The three women lived in the home on King Road with two other women who went physically unharmed in the early-morning attack, and Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and stayed over for the night.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
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For more on how to protect yourself from this type of attack, see our advice on avoiding phishing scams.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth’s comments that women should have no role in military combat drew particular concern on Capitol Hill, including from lawmakers who served.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Gone was the weekly speaker series that had been organized under the diversity program, which had brought in deaf people, combat veterans and others to share their experiences.—
Erica L. Green,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Rose served in the band from its inception in 1977 to 2017, after Willis regained 50 percent of the copyright to the band in a protracted legal battle.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a YouTube video released in October, Jake Paul announced his endorsement for Trump for the 2024 election and drew a bold comparison between the president-elect's legal battles and the historic struggles of America's Founding Fathers.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Firefight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firefight. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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