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Examples
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On this day, they happened to giving out free samples of a new flavor—five-alarm chili peanuts.
Going Nuts in Manhattan Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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That makes perfect sense -- to anyone who believes that a one-alarm fire and a five-alarm fire need the same number of fire trucks.
Rick Horowitz: Losing Their Gulf Cred Rick Horowitz 2010
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When they smell smoke, they assume it's going to become a five-alarm fire very quickly and hence they cut losses.
Willow Bay: Michael Martin's Inner Voice Willow Bay 2011
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And when my humble request for a championship rematch was fulfilled, the fire that the Lakers owned for redemption blazed through me like a five-alarm fire.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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When they smell smoke, they assume it's going to become a five-alarm fire very quickly and hence they cut losses.
Willow Bay: Michael Martin's Inner Voice Willow Bay 2011
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When they smell smoke, they assume it's going to become a five-alarm fire very quickly and hence they cut losses.
Willow Bay: Michael Martin's Inner Voice Willow Bay 2011
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PJ Smith for The Wall street Journal Winds fanned a five-alarm fire on Feb. 19 in Brooklyn.
Fire Blamed on Voodoo Rite Sean Gardiner 2011
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A five-alarm fire that claimed the life of a retired schoolteacher in Brooklyn's Flatbush section last weekend was caused by candles lit for a voodoo ceremony meant to bring good luck, fire officials said Friday.
Fire Blamed on Voodoo Rite Sean Gardiner 2011
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When they smell smoke, they assume it's going to become a five-alarm fire very quickly and hence they cut losses.
Willow Bay: Michael Martin's Inner Voice Willow Bay 2011
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And when my humble request for a championship rematch was fulfilled, the fire that the Lakers owned for redemption blazed through me like a five-alarm fire.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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