as in controversy
variance of opinion on a matter
a seemingly endless firestorm was ignited by that U.S. Supreme Court decision
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Recent Examples of firestorm
Students at dozens of districts across DFW walked out in protests in recent weeks, but Boswell High has been caught in a firestorm after students say they felt betrayed by leadership.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Brad Karp, then-chairman of prestigious corporate law firm Paul Weiss, abruptly resigned from his post earlier this month amid a firestorm over his email exchanges with Epstein.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The video sparked a firestorm when it was posted late last year and a war of words between Kelly and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2026
Advertisement But granting Maxwell a pardon amid the political firestorm over the Epstein files, even if Maxwell presented evidence to clear his name, would likely be the most contentious.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Brad Karp, then-chairman of prestigious corporate law firm Paul Weiss, abruptly resigned from his post earlier this month amid a firestorm over his email exchanges with Epstein.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The video sparked a firestorm when it was posted late last year and a war of words between Kelly and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2026
Advertisement But granting Maxwell a pardon amid the political firestorm over the Epstein files, even if Maxwell presented evidence to clear his name, would likely be the most contentious.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firestorm
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Alberto Carvalho, the former Miami-Dade school superintendent whose Los Angeles home and office were raided Wednesday by the FBI, is no stranger to controversy.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The team has been a source of controversy for the administration after FBI Director Kash Patel was seen chugging beer in their locker room.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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During last year’s budget debates, Chicago’s then-chief financial officer, Jill Jaworski, provided aldermen with a chart projecting that these bonds would be retired in 2031 and total interest on them would amount to $58 million.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Next week, the Supreme Court will consider whether the gun ban for drug users is unconstitutionally broad in a high-stakes case at the center of growing debate over whether marijuana deserves a carve-out in the law.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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After five years of planning work, zoning disputes and legal challenges, Interfaith Sanctuary’s new shelter on State Street is ready for guests to move in, the organization announced Friday.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic isn’t the only company under threat from this dispute, said Connor.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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Hegseth’s harsh punishment is the culmination of a long, slow slide that began with a political disagreement.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Much of the disagreement centers on Iran’s insistence on enriching uranium on its own soil.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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