smash
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"If you bring Triton in, and you smash up your large moons, we think only 1 percent or so of that material stayed around in the system," Davis says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Despite eye rolls over gimmicks like “hydration breaks” and tickets that cost more than Maldives vacations, the 2026 North American World Cup had proven to be a historic, moneymaking smash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Based on Honobu Yonezawa’s 2021 novel and already a smash in Japan, the movie centers on feudal conflicts and the ever-present threat of war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
She rose to global stardom with her 1972 album "No Secrets," which spawned the number one smash "You're So Vain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The infinite threatened to make all motion impossible, while the void threatened to smash the nutshell universe into a thousand flinders.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I get very scared at the non-striker's end when Freya is batting because she absolutely smashes the ball," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
One smashes as I kick it off, leaving a green smear across my sneakers, which I know from experience ain’t coming out.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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Why did that civilization appear to have systematically smashed and buried its treasures in ceremonial pits?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Everything was smashed, the windows, everything," 75-year-old resident Kateryna Kravchenko told AFP of her apartment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"My TV fell on me, my mirror smashed and the roads around me were damaged," she told the BBC – adding that she had started preparing evacuation bags amid the "constant aftershocks".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He has "smashed" his target this time by bringing in more than £160,000 so far from his climb of the highest peak in Africa.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Food wasn’t crucial yet, since they had just eaten and he still had the two smashed sandwiches that were meant to be his parents’ lunch.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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"He's absolutely smashing it," influencer and former reality show star Georgia Harrison, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, told Times Radio.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The event was a smashing success, he said afterward, bringing in a record $5.1 million — up from $1.1 million at last year’s annual fundraiser — via donations and silent auction purchases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Grković said it seemed like part of the plane's engine had broken off, smashing the window next to her husband and causing decompression in the cabin.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The World Baseball Classic was a smashing success this year, even as the United States started a rookie pitcher in the championship game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then she heard glass smashing against the ground.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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