on fire
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That’s a 25% increase compared with the start of 2023, when the labor market was on fire.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Kristi Buckley was at work when a security camera aimed out her living room window pinged her phone: The neighbor’s house is on fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Our first clue that this leave-taking lies somewhere between planned and spontaneous is in Martin’s gently charged response in answer to his daughter’s initial confusion: What would you take if the house were on fire?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Atkinson added that in the early hours of the morning on 7 May - 24 hours before the car was set on fire - Lavrynovych travelled from home to north London and back.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
“The track was literally on fire, I swear.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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