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The alternative, buying media rights on a school-by-school basis, would explode operating costs for ESPN.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Over the years, the greater Pattaya area—which sits near a port that is now deep enough for carriers to dock—has seen its population explode to more than 350,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Because the evolved supergiant is expected to eventually end its life in a supernova explosion, the dramatic dimming prompted speculation that the star might be preparing to explode.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

The company’s cooling system failed to bring the temperatures down, and fire officials warned the tank could explode or cause a major spill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

I didn’t say a single word, like if I sat quiet and still enough, I wouldn’t explode.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

When a massive star explodes as a supernova, for example, the blast can launch the stellar remnant in one direction at high speed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

The balloon rises to as high as 121-thousand feet, three times as high as a commercial aircraft flies, before it explodes, sending the bag of film back down to earth.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

And you know, even as the world explodes around you—that you are loved .

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

Long-simmering worries about the technology’s potential dangers have exploded into global consciousness since Jacob Coxon’s dire warning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Over the next two decades, the business and international reach of the company, then known as Re/Max, exploded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Mosley had exploded onto the scene in his first three games at USC, with 13 catches for 255 yards and four touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lee Glen, owner of trading card stores Rocket's Hideout in York and Selby, said Pokémon cards had "exploded" in the last five years, which he largely attributed to the hobby being "multi-generational".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

At Chernobyl, the nuclear reactor actually exploded, spewing material from the reactor’s core straight into the atmosphere.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"They emerged from Britain's underground rave scene before exploding onto the global stage, tearing down the boundaries between rave, electronic music and punk along the way."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

For more than 25 years, astronomers have relied on these exploding stars to track how the universe has expanded over time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Yet many repair shops end up with substandard counterfeit parts that risk exploding during a crash or not deploying at all, according to court documents and regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The dynamite, which, unpainted, looked like yellow Play-Doh, could be dropped, cut, smashed, and even burned without exploding.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple