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One resident near the intelligence headquarters said the blast was loud enough to trigger car alarms.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Resuming blaring K-pop music -- which the isolated North has long bristled at -- across the border has been floated by analysts as a possible response to last month's blast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Who doesn’t love a pre-weekend blast from the past?

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

The state has fined the department more than $350,000 after identifying a series of safety violations leading up to the blast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The first staple sends shivers over my body, and I’m smiling like a maniac because it’s just cool to blast a staple into wood with a power tool.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

South Korea said on Tuesday that the blasts, which happened on South Korea's side of the DMZ, were "highly likely" from North Korean mines.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

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From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometers of the blasts was shattered.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

California’s top prosecutor blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. conduct as ‘amateur hour.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The space shuttle always waits for zero before it blasts into the air.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

They survived only because he blasted over with one of his chances, shot tamely with another, lost composure with a third one.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The proscenium frame was a giant hole blasted through a concrete wall with ends of rebar sticking out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

While S301 became trapped in the black hole's gravity, its partner star was blasted out with such force it likely left the galaxy entirely.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The collision blasted this weathered material from as deep as 1.5 feet beneath the lunar surface.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The ball blasted where Ivan had just been, smashing into a tree on the other side.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Maybe I’m imagining things, but considering that the performances of both teams were equally awful, everyone is really blasting the Chargers while making lots of excuses for the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Nepali rescue teams are digging, drilling and blasting through debris in a race against time in treacherous conditions to free around 100 hydropower workers believed trapped in multiple tunnels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The company says loyalty members visit about three times as often as other customers, so the opportunity is turning casual diners into regulars, leaning on personalized offers rather than blasting the same message to everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nepali authorities are blasting into hillsides to try and reach those trapped, with a controlled blast carried out at the Trishuli site in an attempt to open up access in the early hours of Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Wielaf said, “He made the debris to the upper level by blasting out some columns and stuff. He climbed it. Then left the way you all came in.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack