explosion
Example Sentences
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On the afternoon of the crash, Vijay was at home, about 200m away, when he heard an explosion.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
In 2015, there was an explosion at an Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The explosion caused AST SpaceMobile and Amazon shares to drop, and delayed AST’s sales backlog.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Big Tech may now be turning toward equity funding after the recent explosion in debt issuances.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But by 2:53 that afternoon, less than an hour before the explosion, they had run out of fresh water to inject.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing explosion
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