as in pistol
a very energetic person
what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of fireball
From March 8-11, observers in Northern Europe witnessed large, slow-moving fireballs in their skies.
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Shawn Laatsch,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Many of these fireballs were only observed by eye, with no cameras, adding uncertainty to some reports.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
The 48 Amazon Leo satellites that were awaiting launch on New Glenn were spared from the fireball.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Then, as police begin urging people to leave, Covey and others begin working on ways to stave off a chain of chemical reactions that could end in a fireball.
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Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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Shawn Laatsch,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Many of these fireballs were only observed by eye, with no cameras, adding uncertainty to some reports.
—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
The 48 Amazon Leo satellites that were awaiting launch on New Glenn were spared from the fireball.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Then, as police begin urging people to leave, Covey and others begin working on ways to stave off a chain of chemical reactions that could end in a fireball.
—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fireball
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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At one point, the Challenger’s passenger threw an AR-style pistol out the window.
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Simmons was utterly dominant at LSU, a 6-foot-10 transition dynamo who was athletically superior to everyone around him.
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Prince gave his first comment on the two dynamo’s diametric philosophies during conversations with New Yorker contributor Dan Piepenbring, co-writer of the artist’s unfinished, posthumous 2019 No. 1 New York Times best-selling memoir The Beautiful Ones.
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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