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Recent Examples of fireplug
His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.
—Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
The son of an immigrant junk dealer, Mr. Asner had a fireplug build, jowly countenance and workingman’s semblance that are not traditionally considered the raw materials of stardom.
—Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2021
Gudea looks a bit like a fireplug.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019
Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.
—Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
The son of an immigrant junk dealer, Mr. Asner had a fireplug build, jowly countenance and workingman’s semblance that are not traditionally considered the raw materials of stardom.
—Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2021
Gudea looks a bit like a fireplug.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireplug
Noun
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Failing to follow proper procedures for hydrant flushing can cause discoloration as well.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
6 Oct. 2025
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The hydrants that the firemen were drawing from ran dry in the middle of the fight, Gonzalez said, and his colleagues had to leave the station in search of water.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boomer, a beloved instructor with a doctorate degree, had been on an evening stroll with his girlfriend in a neighborhood east of Lake Merritt when the driver slammed into a fire hydrant that flew off the sidewalk and barreled into the couple.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Their dog, an 80-pound lab mix rescue, doesn’t fly with them, but Kilby evaluated the room, which has a fire hydrant, fake grass, a low drinking fountain and a sink, with the eye of a dog dad.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The National Park Service closes the North Rim in winter, in part because the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was built for summer, with shallow pipes that would freeze in winter.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Check out other gaming options in our best PC games roundup, and swing by our 2025 video game calendar to see what other titles are coming down the pipe later this year.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Specifically, they have been designed to explore lava tubes or underground tunnels formed by ancient volcanic activity that may exist on the moon.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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While it hasn't been made mandatory, drivers are encouraged to wear the cooling vest that features tubes.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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This matters because most breast cancers begin in glandular and fibrous tissues, specifically the milk ducts or lobules.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Fireplug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireplug. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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