blow
Example Sentences
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Riverside County valleys were under a wind advisory by the National Weather Service on Friday, with constant northeast winds expected to blow between 15 and 30 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph at times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
They concerned the launch abort system, which enables Nasa engineers to eject the astronauts and blow up the rocket if there is a malfunction.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Still, other foreign sports brands haven’t suffered as big a sales blow in China as Nike has.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
Spending a lot of time trying to pick the best subprime mortgage bonds was silly, if you suspected that the entire market was about to blow up.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
