blasted

Example Sentences

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Activists who had blasted President Trump’s promotion of pesticides visited the Oval Office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“It kind of blasted up beyond our expectations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Before they blasted off into space, the crew told us that on launch day astronauts are the calmest people around.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Artemis I blasted off in 2022, testing NASA’s huge space launch systems, or SLS, and the Orion spacecraft External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

And all the while she was running up and down that blasted staircase she couldn’t stop thinking about the ghost boy in the house, whether she’d be seeing him every day from now on.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland