blew up
Example Sentences
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South Korea’s romanticized ‘marriage of the century’ blew up in a real-life serial drama everybody is calling the divorce of the century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the gesture that surprised him most, Salazar said, may have been the time that one of Fanara’s cooks couldn’t get to work because his car’s engine blew up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The MGM thing blew up because they were off the rails.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
His "excessive reliance on the self-regulating aspects of markets seemed dangerously naive, and eventually blew up in his face and everybody's face," Blinder told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was a waitress in a coffee shop down near the waterfront, and the coffee urn blew up.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
