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explode

[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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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

But for an audience to explode and roar their approval in the middle of a movie?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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

The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

A moment passed while her heart threatened to explode.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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

The balloon rises to three times as high as a commercial aircraft flies, before it explodes, sending the bag of film back down to earth which Liggett then develops.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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 crowd explodes with claps, whistles, and stamping.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Demand exploded locally this decade, most memorably during a purple bread mania that swept the archipelago in the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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

“The amount of money in the system exploded, inflation rose, bond yields started to creep up and bond prices came down, and they haven’t recovered.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The angry glow of the fires that erupted in Valdez when giant oil tanks exploded.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

The rancor against rising healthcare bills is exploding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Treasurys have endured the humiliation of heavy losses brought on by exploding deficits and mounting inflation.

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

The trees and bushes on the island were exploding with flowers, and little birds flew past with blades of grass in their beaks for building their nests.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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