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He insisted not after his fourth-round win over Jesper de Jong, but if he comes unstuck against the next generation, there is no question he has blown a golden chance.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

An Uber executive said by March, the company had blown through its annual budget for agentic, or autonomous, AI use.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“You’ve blown up a lot of things that have to be redrilled. They’ve shut in wells, different things,” he said, referring to fallout from the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

“Hundreds of journalists traveled to Beijing for the first time since 2017 and were blown away by what they saw.”

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Had one of the smaller wildfires blown up a gas station?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz