explode
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But while tech analysts on Wall Street expect cash flows to explode in 2028, that same optimism isn’t reflected by analysts covering other sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Wherever you look in “Digger,” the world is collapsing: Ceilings spring leaks, coffee makers explode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The alternative, buying media rights on a school-by-school basis, would explode operating costs for ESPN.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Apple is also betting that personal AI will explode once it’s built into the devices and services already in our hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Another dose of weirdness to explode her brain.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
“You don’t want an air bag that explodes, and you don’t want an air bag that under-inflates,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
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
The wardrobe doors open and the interior explodes with color.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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However, its enrollment has exploded in recent years as regular carriers have pulled out of fire-prone neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The exchanges include Kalshi, the prediction market whose bets on sports, elections and other events have exploded in popularity with both pros and amateurs alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Covid-19 dropped out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time since the pandemic exploded.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
When stars reached the ends of their lives, including some that exploded as supernovae, they released those elements into space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
They lost their lives when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The data center build-out is exploding across America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The so-called lock-in effect, where people hold on to ultralow-rate mortgages obtained during the pandemic, “is creating a supply floor which will keep inventory from exploding and will keep prices from dropping dramatically,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
As a result, clubs have expanded their scouting pool and been able to attract players from a wider variety of nationalities - with transfer fees exploding since the turn of the decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The University of Southampton-led team says it found a key problem in the way the earlier study estimated the ages of the exploding stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
That word—girlfriend—kept exploding in her head like fireworks.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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