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blowup

[bloh-uhp] / ˈbloʊˌʌp /
NOUN
explosion
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NOUN
an angry outburst
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And we’re so in it and doing it and then to have like this blowup argument over and over and again, take after take, angle after angle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Market Financial Solutions is the latest worrying blowup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

That should have a negative impact on the market—and that assumes no blowup in the bond market or anything like that.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

It was almost like his legs were sticks of dynamite, and the first run was just the fuse being lit, and now, the tiny fire had gotten to the blowup part.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds




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