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[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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The news comes at a time when the buzzword “longevity” has become synonymous with wellness, and as the U.S. centenarian population is expected to explode over the next few decades.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

"The studio was often church-like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them," she wrote.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

"We never expected that a cell could just explode like a bomb and kill the cells surrounding it," said senior author Bo Wang, associate professor of bioengineering in the schools of Engineering and Medicine.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

"There are days when you wake up and you just want to explode," he says.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Fact: Grapes don’t always explode with scientific reliability.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Both companies are major manufacturers of semiconductors and computer hardware, and earnings for those companies have skyrocketed as demand for memory chips explodes.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

In one scenario, a rapidly spinning massive star explodes and splits into two smaller neutron stars through a process called fission.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2026

After just two minutes, it explodes in a burst of sound that leads directly to the hectic “In the Blink of an Eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

The food fight that explodes in the play’s third movement is conducted with comestibles so rubbery they might be part of a clown show.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

Well, actually the hospital full of zombies in the movie explodes, but since I’m not paying attention, it scares me so much that I scream.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The mochi balls of doughy rice filled with ice-cream exploded on TikTok, but its apparent overnight success was more than a decade in the making.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

As home prices exploded over the last few years, so have home values — and, in turn, property-tax bills.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Wind-driven flames and dry hydrants drew engines from across the region, leaving first responders stretched thin when the Eaton fire exploded above Altadena hours later.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Black smoke surfaced in patches around the theater as firecrackers exploded.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Solar is exploding in the Central Valley as drought-stressed farmers look to alternatives.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Telecom companies assumed internet traffic would continue exploding, so they raced to build nationwide and transoceanic fiber networks before the customers and revenue were there.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown immune cell that destroys nearby cells by exploding.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

During the fire, blasts were heard, initially mistaken for exploding gas cylinders, but they may have been these shells, according to fire commander Thomas Mimiague.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

And yet, standing opposite her sister, she could think of nothing to say that would stop her sister from exploding.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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