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Recent Examples of firefight
But the team is waiting, having leaned on their confidential informants to build up a makeshift arsenal, and a firefight ensues.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
One anecdote — where Kyle and his fellow Navy SEALs dine with a pro-insurgency civilian family, ultimately getting into a firefight — never actually happened.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
There are car park shootouts, tense showdowns in diners, and most notoriously, one of the best firefights ever committed to screen, shot in downtown LA to a backdrop of screaming pedestrians and raging traffic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Much as the concussive sound design, abject lack of context, and indistinguishable casting might suggest that a similar film could have been made about any number of firefights, Garland’s forensic attention to the minutiae of what happened proves unexpectedly personal by the end.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
One anecdote — where Kyle and his fellow Navy SEALs dine with a pro-insurgency civilian family, ultimately getting into a firefight — never actually happened.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
There are car park shootouts, tense showdowns in diners, and most notoriously, one of the best firefights ever committed to screen, shot in downtown LA to a backdrop of screaming pedestrians and raging traffic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Much as the concussive sound design, abject lack of context, and indistinguishable casting might suggest that a similar film could have been made about any number of firefights, Garland’s forensic attention to the minutiae of what happened proves unexpectedly personal by the end.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firefight
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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Gloria further tried to raise the stakes by saying San Diego would not contract out police, fire and other municipal services to the city of La Jolla, as some incorporation advocates have suggested.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Try supplements: Certain supplements, such as Riboflavin and CoQ10, can help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 June 2025
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Gangs control at least 85% of its capital, Port-au-Prince, and have launched attacks in the country’s central region in recent years.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Challenging him is Albuquerque's own Donald Sanchez (4-1 BKFC), a veteran of nearly two decades in combat sports and a former MMA champion.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Being more affordable and without a human in the cockpit makes each unit relatively more expendable, adding versatility to how they are deployed in combat situations.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Recently, a German court quietly ended a landmark legal battle that had spanned nearly a decade.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Fires and recovery Crews battle fire burning in Pala, evacuations underway in northern San Diego County.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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“Firefight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firefight. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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