Examples of firebomb in a Sentence
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Many were teens accused of throwing rocks or firebombs.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The author examines the multi-billion-dollar disaster in Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, which melted vehicles, turned houses into firebombs and drove 88,000 people from the city in a single afternoon.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
So far, most of the 180 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons have been teenagers accused of throwing stones and firebombs during confrontations with Israeli forces.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2023
The 210 Palestinians released under the cease-fire were mostly teenagers accused of throwing stones and firebombs during confrontations with Israeli forces.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2023
Of the 300 prisoners that Israel considered releasing, the majority were young teens accused of throwing rocks and firebombs during clashes with Israeli security forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Those who support Germany’s measures point out that antisemitic incidents have surged since the Israel-Hamas war, including in Berlin, where firebombs were thrown at a synagogue.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
In the West Bank, protesters hurled rocks and shattered windows in the administrative capital, Ramallah, after the Gaza hospital was hit, and in predominantly Palestinian East Jerusalem, a crowd threw firebombs at Israeli police.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The Heist A little before 5 a.m. on the last Monday of November 2019, a homemade firebomb exploded in front of the electrical service room by the Augustus Bridge.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The author examines the multi-billion-dollar disaster in Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, which melted vehicles, turned houses into firebombs and drove 88,000 people from the city in a single afternoon.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
So far, most of the 180 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons have been teenagers accused of throwing stones and firebombs during confrontations with Israeli forces.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2023
The 210 Palestinians released under the cease-fire were mostly teenagers accused of throwing stones and firebombs during confrontations with Israeli forces.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2023
Of the 300 prisoners that Israel considered releasing, the majority were young teens accused of throwing rocks and firebombs during clashes with Israeli security forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Those who support Germany’s measures point out that antisemitic incidents have surged since the Israel-Hamas war, including in Berlin, where firebombs were thrown at a synagogue.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
In the West Bank, protesters hurled rocks and shattered windows in the administrative capital, Ramallah, after the Gaza hospital was hit, and in predominantly Palestinian East Jerusalem, a crowd threw firebombs at Israeli police.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The Heist A little before 5 a.m. on the last Monday of November 2019, a homemade firebomb exploded in front of the electrical service room by the Augustus Bridge.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
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“Firebomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firebomb. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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