explosion
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"It was miraculous that nobody was killed or seriously injured in the large explosion caused by Rees," said Det Ch Supt James Derham, who leads local policing in the Bexley area.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Another resident told the BBC that he and his friends were playing games when they heard an explosion.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
That showed the explosion happened long before our Sun and its planets formed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
South Korean officials said this week that they have no records of laying land mines in the area of the Sept. 21 explosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Much later, investigators would realize that faulty readings from the broken gauge accompanied by the sound of the explosion from unit 4 had led operators to the wrong conclusion.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Residents in two areas of Addis Ababa separately told the BBC that they heard powerful explosions during the night.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
AFP correspondents heard loud explosions in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday evening, while the internationally recognised government's military said it had carried out strikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa, Saada and Taiz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the decades since, sporadic clashes and mine explosions have broken out in the DMZ.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The two explosions occurred when troops had been dispatched to clear a path for a coming U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The horses' hooves land like explosions on the water and sand.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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