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- noun Plural form of
firestorm .
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Examples
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Some raids caused "firestorms," notably Hamburg and Kassel in 1943, Dresden and Tokyo in
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Later, he can do things like acid rain and firestorms, but these spells are beyond his capabilities.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trollitrade’s Review Forum 2009
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Canterbury Rowan Williams, another A-list theologian turned church leader who is regularly caught in media firestorms.
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Canterbury Rowan Williams, another A-list theologian turned church leader who is regularly caught in media firestorms.
Hungering for some shallow analysis of Pope Benedict XVI? 2009
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But the comparison completely blows up when you consider why the two men are "regularly caught in media firestorms":
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Since she took office in January, Ms. Rousseff has deployed Mr. da Silva to quell political firestorms amid a series of corruption scandals and to corral dissatisfied allies in her loose government coalition.
Ex-Brazilian Leader Diagnosed With Cancer Paulo Prada 2011
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Comprehensive evacuation procedures, however difficult, however costly, however impossible, now seem the only reasonable path forward, especially because our rural populations will presumably continue to grow and put more people in harm's way when the weather conditions conspire to unleash other firestorms, fueled by immensely inflammable box eucalypt.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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He weathered firestorms from conservatives and liberals, and criticism that he staked out positions on both sides of the same, controversial issue.
Arlen Specter: Senate Tenure Not Defined By Party Label AP 2011
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When Tokyo was still called Edo, before the late 19th century, Edoites took pride in the stoical acceptance of earthquakes and firestorms, known as "the flowers of Edo."
Japan's Shattered Mirror Ian Buruma 2011
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He weathered firestorms from conservatives and liberals, and criticism that he staked out positions on both sides of the same, controversial issue.
Arlen Specter: Senate Tenure Not Defined By Party Label AP 2011
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