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
Four years ago, Chris Stirewalt was at the center of a political firestorm.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Related article The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over
The decision sparked a firestorm of backlash.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Coates is the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose recent book on the West Bank also ignited a firestorm of controversy.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
There was already a political firestorm around the prosecution surrounding him, but that is only heightened by the situation now.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Related article The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over
The decision sparked a firestorm of backlash.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Coates is the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose recent book on the West Bank also ignited a firestorm of controversy.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
There was already a political firestorm around the prosecution surrounding him, but that is only heightened by the situation now.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firestorm
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The records put an end to a monthslong controversy over whether Winfrey was paid for endorsing the former Democratic presidential nominee.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Patel's nomination as FBI director must first clear Senate confirmation, a process that legal experts predict will be fraught with controversy.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The debate over how to classify the West India Regiments—whether as British subjects and soldiers or as enslaved men—continued until 1807.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Actuarial data will likely end the debate if and when autonomous vehicles are demonstrably safer than those piloted by humans.Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how to manage US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Research has distinguished between three simple strategies to deal with neighbor disputes: avoidance of the party whose behavior is experienced as unneighborly; confronting the neighbor face-to-face; and relying on a third party to sort out the issue, e.g. the landlord or even police.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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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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And yet there is one aspect of the book which was notable: a disputation of the Richard Wrangham's work in Demonic Males.Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2013
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Any disagreements or requests for information should be noted in that report.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
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Relationships, at their best, are not just defined by extraordinary moments or their endings—they’re about the moments in between, the routine, the joy, the disagreements and the growth.Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Firestorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firestorm. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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