blockbuster
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One more knockdown, one astonishing comeback and a second-round knockout later, the blockbuster bout was revived.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster, "The Odyssey," retained the top spot at the North American box office in its second week, taking in an additional $87 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
SoFi Stadium will be the site of Super Bowl LXI, and the Rams made several blockbuster offseason moves to increase their chances of playing in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
He has turned Regeneron into one of the world’s most valuable drug companies, with a market cap of roughly $70 billion, by repeatedly pioneering technologies that opened up entirely new classes of blockbuster drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
As Chauncey Burr continued a lecture tour west into Cleveland, Ohio, he readied Ruth’s blockbuster confession for release.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Abrams, who has helmed blockbusters in the “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Wars” franchises among many other hits, and fairly or not she has been accused of benefiting from nepotism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And even though he starred in one of Hollywood’s hugest blockbusters, it takes a certain kind of confidence to share the spotlight with a dinosaur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Big-budget blockbusters in particular have suffered, with many films underperforming at the box office.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
In an era dominated by hyper-violent blockbusters and larger-than-life action spectacles, Indian filmmaker Imtiaz Ali believes young audiences are searching for something deeper -- love that lasts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The conventional bombs of World War II were called blockbusters.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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