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Recent Examples of firefight
The shooter was killed in a firefight with cops outside the store in Elkhart, the local police department wrote in a Facebook post.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2025
After a firefight with law enforcement, the suspect was pronounced dead.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
As the wildfires and uproar from the response to the blazes continue in Los Angeles, the city has had past plans to fix the water flow — which went dry during recent firefights — but many of the proposals have failed to be realized.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
The 1,000-square-foot, single-family home split in two due to water runoff from the continuing firefight.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2025
After a firefight with law enforcement, the suspect was pronounced dead.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
As the wildfires and uproar from the response to the blazes continue in Los Angeles, the city has had past plans to fix the water flow — which went dry during recent firefights — but many of the proposals have failed to be realized.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
The 1,000-square-foot, single-family home split in two due to water runoff from the continuing firefight.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firefight
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The feature was added just days before the Palisades fire erupted.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Critics Choice Awards, which was initially scheduled to take place at the beginning of January, was postponed due to the Los Angeles fires.—
Lori A Bashian Fox News,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Former President Joe Biden issued Fauci a pre-emptive federal pardon as a hedge against what Biden said could be politically motivated attacks.—
Jim Turner,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2025
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On Friday and Saturday, the pope spoke on the phone to Rev. Gabriel Romanelli and his assistant, Father Yusuf Asad, in Gaza City, northern Gaza – who have been in frequent communication since Israel launched its war following the October 7 attacks.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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In his remarks at the meeting, Petro suggested that cocaine should be legalized like alcohol to combat trafficking.—
Edward Szekeres,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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But weeks after Pyongyang's troops vanished from combat, following what Ukraine has described as heavy casualties, there are questions over what North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could do next.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The podcast's release comes amid Baldoni's ongoing legal battle with Lively.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the time, the entertainment giant continued to fight a high-profile legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over control of its special tax district that afforded the company special privileges in the state to control the land its sprawling theme parks sits on.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Firefight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firefight. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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