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firefights

noun

plural of firefight

as in fires

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Every winter, house fires spike as the temperature drops and candles come out for cozy nights and holiday gatherings.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Boots, knitwear, leather jackets, fires going at home, long Sunday lunches.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of fires

Noun

Zelenskyy said Ukrainian special forces struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara, southeast of Moscow, and another refinery in the neighboring Bashkortostan region in overnight attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
In the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, makeshift memorials started to appear around the perimeter of Ground Zero and at sites around the world associated with the United States.

— Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacks

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In others, his accounts bought the debt after the federal government had executed regulatory or funding actions involving the very same borrower or project.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of actions

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Investigators were still trying to determine how the two groups were related to each other and what prompted hostilities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Moscow's demand for a comprehensive peace deal, not a temporary break in hostilities, following Ukraine's call for a complete and unconditional ceasefire.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

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