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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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The HBO series is expected to take 10 years to complete, as producers plan multiple seasons covering each of Rowling's seven books, which the eight blockbuster films were originally based on.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta abruptly pulled out of a planned mediation session Monday to seek a resolution to the antitrust lawsuit that has stalled Paramount Skydance’s blockbuster $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Elon Musk's space company went public in June at a value of $1.77 trillion and raised $85.7 billion in its blockbuster initial public offering, the largest in history.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Next week, host Susan Matthews joins Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to discuss the blockbuster decisions handed down in June—and Gorsuch’s role in them.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

I hated the dreams with a burning passion, but the fact that I was having them didn’t seem like a big blockbuster of a surprise to me.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

A swath of other summer blockbusters would be released alongside them; A “Spider-Man” here, a “Mission: Impossible” there.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Pharmaceutical chiefs are always hunting for drugs to replace expiring blockbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

But is it really worth seeing these blockbusters in Imax?

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

It was the latest in a long line of Hollywood blockbusters to have been filmed in the city in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Ever since the 1930s, Pinewood had been home to movies ranging from early Alfred Hitchcock mysteries to massive Star Wars blockbusters.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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