blow-up

Example Sentences

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The BOJ’s challenge now is to wind down that experiment without blowing up the laboratory.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, as soon as the playoffs started, those plans blew up right in their faces.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gohl bought the plane ticket in October, before his no-tap month, but the trip itself could blow up the whole challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal

After all, banks that are kept rigorously within traditional barriers still blow up, thanks to risky bets in commercial real estate, foreign loans, residential mortgages, and all sorts of “banking.”

From Barron's

“It takes one person to introduce the virus into that group and then it blows up,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

From MarketWatch