blowup

Example Sentences

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Following the blowup with the Pentagon, Amodei told CBS News that Congress should weigh in on how AI could be used for mass surveillance in ways that he suggested haven’t caught up with current laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

But by his measure, it’s “only” 1998, when the blowup of Long-Term Capital Management spooked the S&P 500, but the market still had a good distance left to run.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Ahead of the August 2024 blowup, speculators were extremely short on the yen.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

The U.S. unit, led by Boland, played a key role in the 2023 blowup of the planned split of EY’s audit and advisory arms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Children wearing what few clothes they had—which even that was only for our benefit, I knew, after Father’s blowup over the little dress-code problem.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver