blow up
Example Sentences
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Or perhaps he was subconsciously looking for a way to blow up his own carefully constructed life.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Citing sources in the Danish government, it reported that soldiers, medical supplies and blood were flown into Greenland in January to blow up key airport runways over fears that Trump would invade the arctic island.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
"If you operate as though failure isn't possible, the ship is going to blow up," he explains.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Aviation security specialists warn that many blow up or fail en route to their targets, exposing aircraft underneath their trajectories to falling debris.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
‘He’ll share with you, Ted. We can blow up the lilo.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
