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explode

[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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But while tech analysts on Wall Street expect cash flows to explode in 2028, that same optimism isn’t reflected by analysts covering other sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

But for an audience to explode and roar their approval in the middle of a movie?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Apple is also betting that personal AI will explode once it’s built into the devices and services already in our hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Words for him were like weapons designed to pierce the pages or explode above them in illuminating airbursts.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

When a massive star explodes as a supernova, for example, the blast can launch the stellar remnant in one direction at high speed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

Full of sorrow and restraint, the opening verses are entombed by muffled synths before Liene explodes into an operatic wail of catharsis in the dying moments.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The fire creeps toward a stubby little pine tree and—FWOOSH!—the whole thing explodes into flame.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

However, its enrollment has exploded in recent years as regular carriers have pulled out of fire-prone neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

In June, a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta without causing casualties.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

When stars reached the ends of their lives, including some that exploded as supernovae, they released those elements into space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The amount of money in the system exploded, inflation rose, bond yields started to creep up and bond prices came down, and they haven’t recovered.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The witch yanked the oven door open, and the heat from inside exploded over both of them.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The data center build-out is exploding across America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Treasurys have endured the humiliation of heavy losses brought on by exploding deficits and mounting inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

As a result, clubs have expanded their scouting pool and been able to attract players from a wider variety of nationalities - with transfer fees exploding since the turn of the decade.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The University of Southampton-led team says it found a key problem in the way the earlier study estimated the ages of the exploding stars.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

We admire Sara’s doodles of each dessert we tried, and laugh at the exploding s’mores parathas.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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