live wire

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Recent Examples of live wire Alcazar is a live wire who gives the production its energy. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Rita Hills Blanc de Noirs This wine is a live wire of tension and freshness, with faint scents of brioche and Fuji apple, the mid-palate flavors juicy and mouthwatering. Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 More than a dozen children were rescued from a school bus that became trapped under live wires in Haddam on Wednesday. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024 Harmony, for all her accomplishments, is a live wire and a threat. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for live wire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for live wire
Noun
  • Richie hands Harry a pistol, but the fixer gives it back.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • After the shooting, police recovered an AR-15 style rifle – in addition to the pistol and a shotgun found at the scene – inside the car Phoenix Ikner drove to campus, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Norway once rated behind Denmark and Sweden as a high-quality TV powerhouse.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Rosé and Mars Still Own the All-Time Record Gaga and Mars still trail behind another global powerhouse.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Seth Rollins is the workhorse dynamo, desperate to be respected in an industry that prefers novelty or part-time acts.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Mars’ magnetic field was once generated by its dynamo, a mechanism shaped by currents within the planet’s liquid core (thought to be made of iron, sulfur, and hydrogen).
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live%20wire. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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