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In late 2024, more than 30 students were wounded after an explosion caused by homemade firebombs intended for use during a student protest in Santiago.—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 The Jewish population in Australia is over 116,000, with 85% concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne, the sites of the two firebomb attacks over the summer.—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 Dec. 2025 Penelope Travers, from Mandurah, south of Perth, underwent surgery and had to have skin grafts to her face, neck, chests and arms after someone attempted to throw a firebomb through the window of her car, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025 From the tail of the kite dangles a wicked-looking firebomb.—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for firebomb