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Recent Examples of fireball The residents of Brisbane, Australia, were also treated to a fiery show on April 21 when a vivid fireball burst into life over the evening sky. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025 It was then seemingly consumed by a large fireball. Abigail Adams, People.com, 12 June 2025 Video posted on social media appeared to show the jetliner descending followed by a fireball and a dark plume of smoke. Leslie Josephs,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 12 June 2025 In a video, the aircraft is seen slowly sinking behind residential buildings, before a huge fireball blasts upward. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fireball
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
  • Officers pursued, finding a ballistic vest, handgun magazines, a flashlight, face mask and Beretta 92 9mm pistol along the way.
    Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 20 June 2025
  • Those weapons included an AR-style pistol with an empty 60-round drum magazine, a Glock handgun and a black and tan AR-style pistol.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Simmons was utterly dominant at LSU, a 6-foot-10 transition dynamo who was athletically superior to everyone around him.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • These usually form in planetary bodies as a result of a dynamo, in which molten metals in the core start to convect thanks to slowly dissipating heat.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025

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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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