How to Use firepower in a Sentence

firepower

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  • The army didn't have the firepower to defeat the invaders.
  • Get past the first five spots of the order, though, and the firepower starts to cease.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • At the time, the B-52 bomber was the gold standard of aerial firepower.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The Bengals will struggle to find the firepower to stay in this one.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And with that amount of firepower even there was no chance of getting sleepy even in the night scenes.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And look at the volumes: Bulls have been trying to buy the dip all week but the firepower is not there.
    — Bob Pisani, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Cal’s firepower was enough to keep USC on its toes late.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • But the Wolverines should have the firepower on offense to knock back Penn State and the strength to hold the line on defense.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2022
  • In the end though, the Chiefs have too much offensive firepower.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Seattle has the firepower to move the ball this season.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The Frogs have the firepower to toy with the struggling Mountaineer defense.
    — Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • As a result, most armies adapt in the face of modern firepower.
    — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
  • At times, the Frogs’ defense put the team in holes, but the offense had enough firepower to fight back into games.
    — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • From Jasper to Ardmore, these are the Alabama towns that boast the most firepower.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 12 July 2023
  • Tualatin was not done, but did not have enough firepower to keep up late with the Lions.
    — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Big banks are typically the ones with the firepower to make the best offers.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Schoenfield included some caveats but said the Cubs had the firepower to pull it off.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The offensive firepower during the last month should be more than enough to secure top spot in the group.
    — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The Stars have more offensive firepower and Oettinger has the edge over Grubauer.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • As much firepower as the Avalanche have, that is not a formula for success.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • That was of some solace to Bryn Mawr (1-2, 0-2), which fought hard, but in the end lacked enough sustained firepower to compete with one of the area’s top teams.
    — Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Johnson and all his firepower made just one birdie in his first-round 73 and made just three birdies in his second-round 73.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 21 May 2022
  • Most of the game was a shootout, and the Nets simply had more firepower against a Pistons team with eight players on the injury report.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Russia won ground early in the war with sheer firepower.
    — Natalia Yermak, New York Times, 17 June 2023
  • Live games are crucial firepower for them on both fronts.
    — Alex Kirshner, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Grapevine certainly has the talent to match the Raiders’ firepower.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
  • At the start of the year, they were picked as a also ran, a second division team because of their youth and lack of firepower.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • No matchup, however, can match this one in terms of pure firepower.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Seattle has too much firepower in this matchup and Patriots come back to earth.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Soon, the Screaming Eagles Combo were assigned to play fire bases — temporary installations that would provide firepower cover for troops in the field.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024

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