Sentence examples for fire rather from inspiring English sources

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That strikes me as playing with fire rather more dangerously than Carrie's flirtatious dinner-date.

Like Total Life Forever, Holy Fire rather tails off in its second half.

Another Tamil asylum seeker in Australia set himself on fire rather than face deportation.

It was a real baptism of fire rather than a tryout.

There were also reports Russian officials had implied the plane was brought down by ground fire, rather than air fire.

Mr. Rose's version of Guns N' Roses, with sidemen he can fire rather than partners, leaves his worst impulses unchecked.

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The deal appeared to be an incremental step toward a cease-fire rather than a breakthrough.

Perhaps the most that can be hoped for is that grave issues presented by the Syrian atrocities will lead to a budgetary cease-fire rather than a stalemate.

North and South Korea remain technically at war; they suspended hostilities in 1953 with a cease-fire rather than a peace treaty.

Politicians on the left who supported the initial attack urged the government to seek a new cease-fire rather than continue the bombardment.

In fact, all are perfectly legal — so long as governments inflict them by accident, not deliberately, so long as civilians are caught in the cross-fire rather than the cross-hairs.

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