live wire

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Recent Examples of live wire Thieves also have been electrocuted while trying to steal copper from live wires. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 May 2025 Krieger says the singer was a live wire literally from the band's formation. Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025 The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said one of the two deaths happened when a Pittsburgh man was electrocuted by live wires, per Accuweather. Raven Brunner, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Like other great comedy duos, Vaughn and Wilson are a smoothly compatible mismatch; Vaughn’s energy is cranked up, a sparking live wire, while Wilson is an easy-breezy roll-with-it type. Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for live wire
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Noun
  • Maltos got out of his car and pulled his weapon, a Sig Sauer 9mm automatic pistol at 29 feet from the truck's driver, according to the notice of claim.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • After being asked to leave, according to the plea agreement, Chokr drove to a gun store in Dearborn and possessed a pistol, rifle and semi-automatic shotgun, holding them and pointing them.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The powerhouse pairing of Sciton’s MOXI, a non-ablative laser with BBL Hero, a broadband light device (from $1,500).
    Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That is a contender-worthy big four, one that (combined with the team’s depth) easily positions the Capitals as an Eastern Conference powerhouse.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new season of the UEFA Champions League gets underway on Tuesday as Dutch dynamo PSV Eindhoven hosts Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, the dynamo (the natural process through which the sun produces its magnetic field) that was thought to depend on the tachocline also appears to create and maintain it, a feedback loop that earlier models had missed.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live%20wire. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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