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Recent Examples of brush fire
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X the Boeing 777 experienced an engine cover separation that ignited the brush fire on the ground and praised first responders for their swift action.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
Miami-Dade and Florida Forest Service firefighters continued fighting a brush fire off the Dolphin Expressway into Monday night.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
While extinguishing the brush fire, crews found the body nearby that had received significant burns.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Nov. 2025
The real Henry indeed died in a brush fire incident, but there's no evidence that Ed had any involvement in his brother's death.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
Miami-Dade and Florida Forest Service firefighters continued fighting a brush fire off the Dolphin Expressway into Monday night.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
While extinguishing the brush fire, crews found the body nearby that had received significant burns.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Nov. 2025
The real Henry indeed died in a brush fire incident, but there's no evidence that Ed had any involvement in his brother's death.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush fire
forest fire
Noun
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Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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The forest fire sequence is a good example.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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