blowing up
Example Sentences
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German prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
In the final hours before the announcement, he sought to keep his closest Middle East ally from blowing up the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
So if you’re blowing up someone’s spot, you’re baiting them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s hardly a coincidence that the nut is blowing up just as the U.S. hit its stride in global pistachio dominance.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
It seemed to me, considering all the rockets that I read about blowing up down at Cape Canaveral, that was the way Wernher von Braun and the other rocket scientists did their work too.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
