explosion
Example Sentences
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The fire led to an explosion and caused about £1m of damage to the vehicles and medical equipment, with nearby flats and a synagogue also affected.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
His comments follow an explosion that destroyed a New Glenn rocket on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in late May.
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 the explosion of Anthropic’s business, powered by professionals who use Claude to complete tasks, points to the AI future for consumers, too: when smartphones will act as sophisticated assistants that do something similar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“About 4:30 a loud explosion came from the southeast and shook the ground way out here—like a big bomb in the distance. The mountain must’ve blown again. We picked up the pace.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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