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
Martinez made the comments during a CNN interview with Boris Sanchez on Tuesday, following remarks by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump's rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday that sparked a firestorm of criticism and dominated news headlines.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The Costco Guys on Fallon prompted a social media firestorm, but the most interesting part is what the memes say about the modern notion of celebrity and fandom.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The decision set off a firestorm of criticism, both inside and outside of the newspaper.
—Christopher Palmeri and Hannah Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The August incident engulfed the storied cemetery in a political firestorm.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The Costco Guys on Fallon prompted a social media firestorm, but the most interesting part is what the memes say about the modern notion of celebrity and fandom.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The decision set off a firestorm of criticism, both inside and outside of the newspaper.
—Christopher Palmeri and Hannah Miller / Bloomberg, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The August incident engulfed the storied cemetery in a political firestorm.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firestorm
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The controversy began Thursday when Moulton spoke with The New York Times and implied that some of the Democratic Party’s policy positions on transgender rights contributed to the election losses of Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats.Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Wolk herself responded to the controversy by tweeting a bunch, naturally.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Whether any of those 3s qualified as a legitimate step-back is open for debate.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Democrats have faced a bitterly disappointing defeat, and the debate is on about why that happened.Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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In noting that any outcome of the trial would be appealed by the losing side, Ezra effectively acknowledged Abbott's assertion at the start of the legal dispute.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The paper trail is your best defense in case of disputes later on.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 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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Miss Manners notes that this is not a political disagreement, nor a misunderstanding, nor a private thought that was not meant for public consumption, nor a joke gone wrong.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Negotiations have been rife with disagreement when the states have come together, such as in early 2023, when six of the states in the basin united to propose a plan for water conservation.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Firestorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firestorm. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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