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as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire with a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion

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Recent Examples of fiery SpaceX’s Starship megarocket completed an hour-long test flight Monday before making a fiery splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Bright greens and yellows are big no-nos, but warm, earthy tones make a well-balanced pairing for this fiery hue, particularly in spaces like the more traditional, moody interiors of Marcum’s home. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025 Eight people were killed in a fiery, six-vehicle pileup on Interstate 85 in Jackson County, Georgia, the Jackson County Coroner's Office confirmed to ABC News. Mason Leath, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025 While above Earth, Starship’s upper stage also relit one engine in space, a test of its ability to maneuver in orbit, and then began a fiery fall through the upper atmosphere. PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fiery
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Adjective
  • Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Written by Mahdi Asghari Azghadi and directed by Puya Mofid, this searing Iranian drama unfolds within the confines of an elementary school, where a teacher’s harsh discipline leaves a young Black student traumatized and voiceless.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • High-temperature cooking methods such as grilling, broiling, roasting, frying and searing can increase AGE content in food up to 100-fold compared to uncooked versions, according to a 2004 Mount Sinai study that measured AGE content under laboratory conditions.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By platforming industry experts and passionate entrepreneurs, Ducard is helping Pinterest expand into new arenas.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Boosting Confidence in Feeding Choices As someone who loves being a mom, Cardi B is equally passionate about advocating for other mothers, especially those who are new to the gig.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tranter mounted a spirited defense of the Time Lord when confronted with Shearman’s quote.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The film, which is a sequel to the classic 1990 Christmas movie, follows the young and spirited Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), who mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City while the rest of the family flies to Florida.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The accelerated momentum was helpful in stabilizing — or perhaps acclimating viewers to — the show’s mishmash of tones, which staple together motormouthed policy wonkery and combustible romantic chemistry.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a criminal complaint, authorities allege Rinderknecht caused the fire by lighting a combustible material, such as vegetation or paper, with an open flame, likely a lighter.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the Moon is at odds with Mars, encouraging grumpy and irritable reactions.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020

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“Fiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiery. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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