fire off
verb
fired off; firing off; fires off
: to write and send usually in haste or anger
fired off a memo
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There, amid more standard political fare of endorsements and favorable media clippings, Trump has been firing off baseless accusations that a plot is already underfoot to steal the 2024 election from him.
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Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 29 May 2024
When they were anesthetized, however, their brains seemed to irregularly fire off much faster patterns.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2024
In November, a federal jury convicted the captain of a dive boat that caught fire off the coast of California in 2019, killing 34 people, under the same charge.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
JSerra third baseman Angelina Jimenez fires off a putout throw to first against Pacifica in the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
—Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
The Panthers came up empty on their two power-play opportunities but did fire off four shots on goal and get five scoring chances.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Traditionally, most neuromorphic computers emulate the brain’s spiking nature: Neurons fire off electrical spikes to communicate with the neurons around them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2024
Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 29 May 2024
When they were anesthetized, however, their brains seemed to irregularly fire off much faster patterns.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2024
In November, a federal jury convicted the captain of a dive boat that caught fire off the coast of California in 2019, killing 34 people, under the same charge.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
JSerra third baseman Angelina Jimenez fires off a putout throw to first against Pacifica in the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
—Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
The Panthers came up empty on their two power-play opportunities but did fire off four shots on goal and get five scoring chances.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Traditionally, most neuromorphic computers emulate the brain’s spiking nature: Neurons fire off electrical spikes to communicate with the neurons around them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2024
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