blast
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So he got the full blast of whatever it was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Now O’Donnell is back behind a network television desk and, by all appearances, is having a blast.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
I sent the editor a six-text blast explaining myself, as if I were getting ready for my own criminal trial.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
On Monday, his three-run blast put the Dodgers up 5-0 in the third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He had weathered the blast in the open.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
However, it retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Iran's Mehr news agency reported fresh blasts of unknown origin in the south around midday on Monday, adding that they "appear to be coming from the West Coast of Bandar Abbas".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Intense events are now much more likely because these temporary blasts of extra heat are happening in an already hotter ocean.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Macron’s office said he was unaffected by the blasts and that he was carrying out his scheduled visit with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A whaling boat was spotted in the fog, and Endurance gave two blasts of its whistle.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
China's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan blasted as a "provocation".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The intro gets blasted at sporting events to raise energy or when something good happens, and it never fails to rally a crowd.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The rocket blasted off from Florida in January last year, carrying two lunar landers into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The DHS spokesperson blasted Sykes for her ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“He never reads the newspaper. None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for that blasted Marion.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Those blasting the decision to prosecute Flores include L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Whiles is among a group of residents calling for a pause on blasting at Craig yr Hesg and other quarries until the HSE has concluded its investigation at the Taff's Well site.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Rucci sued the district, blasting the utility’s board members for calling him a “predatory developer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
People were swarming vendors from eateries all around Koreatown, dance circles formed around speakers blasting banda music, and “oohs” and “ahhs” at every missed shot were in perfect sync.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The power to create with your mind would take you everywhere, and my imagination was blasting out of orbit.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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