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What is more poisonous for humanity — cocaine, coal or oil ? the opinion of power has ordered that cocaine is poison and must be persecuted, while it only causes minimal deaths from overdoses … but instead, coal and oil must be protected, even when it can extinguish all humanity. – Gustavo Petro	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The vehicle was fully involved with fire on arrival, and took a significant amount of time, water, and thinking outside the box to extinguish, crews knocked the fire down, but the car kept re-igniting and off-gassing in the battery compartment. Working with the on-site wrecking yard personnel, the Tesla was moved on its side to gain access to the battery compartment underneath. – Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
After nearly 75 consecutive nights of violence, destruction, and mayhem, a small group of RRT (Rapid Response Team) officers—including Officer Budworth—were again tasked with dealing with the riot, per PPB Command Staff orders, RRT officers cleared the rioters from the area to allow the Fire Bureau to extinguish the blaze. But the rioters were not satisfied. – The Portland Police Association	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Please be extra cautious with anything that could start a fire in the coming days by being sure it is no longer burning when you discard it. Be sure to extinguish all campfires in areas where they are permitted before leaving the area. – National Weather Service	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame. – Biden TransitionBiden	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Once you have a huge forest fire like that, especially when you don't have all the kind of forest fire-fighting equipment that you have in places like the U.S. or Portugal, it's difficult to extinguish, they'll only be extinguished by themselves depending on the weather conditions. – Alfredo Sirkis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Although we have not seen the charges, there is no question that there was a large fire and an enormous effort to extinguish it which resulted in a discharge into Tucker Bayou. – Michael Goldberg	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. – Alexander Hamilton	added by TrekReichen 5 years ago
It is like a massive wildfire that is burning the African-American community, and society has not devoted sufficient resources to control it, much less extinguish it. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Whatever they tried to do with the flag, as we were trying to extinguish it and they were trying to keep it away, their pants leg caught on fire, the charge was assault on an officer because the officer tried to put it out when he saw it getting burned, and there were also counter demonstrators who were trying to take it away. – Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
My partner went and tried to get in through the van door, the flames came at him, he had to back out. I grabbed the fire extinguisher, I tried to extinguish the flames, but the van burst into flames very, very quickly and we were unable to assist in getting anybody out of the van. – Officer Dan Williams	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This helps eliminate some of the legacy debt of the 2001 default, i had expected them to target the discounts which have a 8.28% coupon, but that would take a fair amount of outlay to extinguish. – Michael Roche	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Gas pyrogens intended to extinguish fires opened and kept oxygen out resulting in injuries and death, eight people died as a result and seven injured people are in hospital. – Siam Commercial Bank	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're not in the era now where you send, you know, big armies to fight or, you know, air forces. We're in a place where you use a jet plane as a missile to knock down buildings; where dirty bombs can be used to extinguish large numbers of people, there are lots of different techniques that you use -- cyber-attacks, attacking our electrical grid. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We all know that the burned areas are now widening beyond normal conditions, ...the efforts to extinguish the fires are ongoing now both by land and air. We have to be patient because the burned areas is now wide. – Indonesian President Joko Widodo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Oh, Lord, bestow me with the power, that as much as I love her, I extinguish the need of loving her within me. – Alireza Salehi Nejad	added by arashtitan 9 years ago
Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic. We have to extinguish it. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic, we have to extinguish it. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It doesn’t extinguish the fire with ice. (On n’éteint pas le feu - Avec des glaçons.) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

What is more poisonous for humanity — cocaine, coal or oil ? the opinion of power has ordered that cocaine is poison and must be persecuted, while it only causes minimal deaths from overdoses … but instead, coal and oil must be protected, even when it can extinguish all humanity.

– Gustavo Petro

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The vehicle was fully involved with fire on arrival, and took a significant amount of time, water, and thinking outside the box to extinguish, crews knocked the fire down, but the car kept re-igniting and off-gassing in the battery compartment. Working with the on-site wrecking yard personnel, the Tesla was moved on its side to gain access to the battery compartment underneath.

– Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

After nearly 75 consecutive nights of violence, destruction, and mayhem, a small group of RRT (Rapid Response Team) officers—including Officer Budworth—were again tasked with dealing with the riot, per PPB Command Staff orders, RRT officers cleared the rioters from the area to allow the Fire Bureau to extinguish the blaze. But the rioters were not satisfied.

– The Portland Police Association

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Please be extra cautious with anything that could start a fire in the coming days by being sure it is no longer burning when you discard it. Be sure to extinguish all campfires in areas where they are permitted before leaving the area.

– National Weather Service

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame.

– Biden TransitionBiden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Once you have a huge forest fire like that, especially when you don't have all the kind of forest fire-fighting equipment that you have in places like the U.S. or Portugal, it's difficult to extinguish, they'll only be extinguished by themselves depending on the weather conditions.

– Alfredo Sirkis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Although we have not seen the charges, there is no question that there was a large fire and an enormous effort to extinguish it which resulted in a discharge into Tucker Bayou.

– Michael Goldberg

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

– Alexander Hamilton

added by TrekReichen
5 years ago

It is like a massive wildfire that is burning the African-American community, and society has not devoted sufficient resources to control it, much less extinguish it.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Whatever they tried to do with the flag, as we were trying to extinguish it and they were trying to keep it away, their pants leg caught on fire, the charge was assault on an officer because the officer tried to put it out when he saw it getting burned, and there were also counter demonstrators who were trying to take it away.

– Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

My partner went and tried to get in through the van door, the flames came at him, he had to back out. I grabbed the fire extinguisher, I tried to extinguish the flames, but the van burst into flames very, very quickly and we were unable to assist in getting anybody out of the van.

– Officer Dan Williams

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This helps eliminate some of the legacy debt of the 2001 default, i had expected them to target the discounts which have a 8.28% coupon, but that would take a fair amount of outlay to extinguish.

– Michael Roche

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Gas pyrogens intended to extinguish fires opened and kept oxygen out resulting in injuries and death, eight people died as a result and seven injured people are in hospital.

– Siam Commercial Bank

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're not in the era now where you send, you know, big armies to fight or, you know, air forces. We're in a place where you use a jet plane as a missile to knock down buildings; where dirty bombs can be used to extinguish large numbers of people, there are lots of different techniques that you use -- cyber-attacks, attacking our electrical grid.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We all know that the burned areas are now widening beyond normal conditions, ...the efforts to extinguish the fires are ongoing now both by land and air. We have to be patient because the burned areas is now wide.

– Indonesian President Joko Widodo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Oh, Lord, bestow me with the power, that as much as I love her, I extinguish the need of loving her within me.

– Alireza Salehi Nejad

added by arashtitan
9 years ago

Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic. We have to extinguish it.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic, we have to extinguish it.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It doesn’t extinguish the fire with ice. (On n’éteint pas le feu - Avec des glaçons.)

– Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

– Socrates

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

– Socrates

added by anonymous
14 years ago

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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