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as in burning
being on fire
the fiery Yule log made a splendid backdrop for our holiday party
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as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the long, dangerous trek across the fiery desert
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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
the fiery preacher held the members of the revival meeting spellbound
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as in spirited
marked by a lively display of strong feeling
the controversial editorial sparked a page's worth of fiery letters to the editor
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as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire
with a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion
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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
since the governor was known for his fiery temper, naturally his aides always shielded him from bad news
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Recent Examples of fiery
President Donald Trump responded Friday night after a jet carrying six people crashed in northeast Philadelphia, triggering a fiery explosion.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Two Arizona political groups engaged in a fiery exchange via X regarding deportation efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Nearing the seventh year of his two-term presidency, this lawyer from Tennessee by way of South Carolina was known for his fiery temper.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
The fiery crash sent both aircrafts plummeting into the Potomac River.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Two Arizona political groups engaged in a fiery exchange via X regarding deportation efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Nearing the seventh year of his two-term presidency, this lawyer from Tennessee by way of South Carolina was known for his fiery temper.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
The fiery crash sent both aircrafts plummeting into the Potomac River.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiery
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Briarcliff Entertainment has set a March theatrical release date for the Oscar-qualified documentary October 8, a searing examination of antisemitism that erupted after the Hamas terror attack on Israel of October 7, 2023.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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At the end of the day, room could not be found for even Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a past Oscar nominee who swept the major critics awards for her searing turn in Hard Truths, or Angelina Jolie, a past Oscar winner and the A-lister of A-listers, who seemed an early front-runner for the biopic Maria.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The tight retails for $118, and comes in such colors as black, desert red, passionate pink, lavender lux, magenta smoke, washed denim, true navy, espresso, Army green and solar gray.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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An active member of the Society of American Travel Writers, Alexandra Owens is passionate about writing stories that highlight the power and potential of responsible ecotourism.—
Alexandra Owens,
AFAR Media,
10 Feb. 2025
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Across all sports, every new class in their respective Hall of Fame brings about spirited debate.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Starring Olivia Colman as Frances’ warm mother Hannah, and John Lithgow as their spirited gay grandfather, the titular Jimpa, the film represents multiple generations of the LGBTQ community through an authentic and empathetic perspective.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2025
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The study found a greater chance that drier, more combustible conditions will now overlap with the peak Santa Ana wind season in December and January.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
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Prior to leaving office, Biden also advanced a separate tobacco regulation, one that would set maximum nicotine levels for combustible cigarettes and effectively ban all cigarettes currently available in the United States.—
Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Jan. 2025
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By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
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Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.—
Stephen A. Pyne,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Flo Milli is closing out 2024 with yet another flaming hot freestyle.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Dec. 2024
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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