blast
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"Why do some supermassive black holes blast out radio jets right after shredding a star, while others just sit there looking completely dormant, only to suddenly fire up their jets months or even years later?"
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Betts also hit a solo blast in the first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
For one, it was a blast of cold coffee to the face to realize that what qualifies as a career-derailing flop in 2006 meets or beats the quality of most made-for-Netflix features.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The blast triggered seismic activity equivalent to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Once more she was drowned out by the whistle’s blast.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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The president is a pop-culture fanatic; he blasts Broadway showtunes at his rallies and was tweetstorming about Kristen Stewart a few years before becoming the leader of the free world.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A Khamis Mushait resident told AFP he heard "intense blasts" which left fires burning for a "long time".
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Once completed, Pacific Fusion’s facility will produce more than 1,000 times more fusion power than the government-operated machine that was put into service for weapons experiments after the U.S. stopped underground blasts in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
These stellar blasts spread large quantities of elements such as carbon, oxygen and iron into the surrounding gas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
DeShon blasts, “Gotta make it, gotta make it.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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On Sunday, a rescue team rappelled over a hole blasted into a section of the tunnel and called out but received no response from inside, the prime minister’s office said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
A more speculative possibility is that the material comes from a third member of the system that is being blasted by the fast wind of particles and X-ray radiation generated by the feeding black hole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
A federal judge blasted KTLA-TV Channel 5’s owner, the Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, on Thursday for violating a court order and for failing to disclose key information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The sheet rock is blasted by gunpowder,” Puli explained.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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"At first it was the blasting and the tremors from underground, and we would feel our flat shake," 45-year-old Voneen Trompeter told AFP in Roodepoort, northwest of central Johannesburg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company says loyalty members visit about three times as often as other customers, so the opportunity is turning casual diners into regulars, leaning on personalized offers rather than blasting the same message to everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Once rescuers knew where the power stations were, Dix said they could then decide the best way to access them, which typically involves digging and "blasting boulders".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
John does all that too, on top of his parents blasting all fear out of him while rearing him to expect the universe to be unforgiving.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The music was still blasting from the stereo.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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