explosion
Example Sentences
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An explosion of maritime traffic in the decades after powered the rise of mammoth conglomerates buying inputs from far-flung suppliers and chasing whichever consumer offered the biggest, quickest profit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
And copper wiring is a critical part of data centers, meaning that the metal is benefiting from the explosion in demand for artifcial-intelligence technology.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Emergency services were called to a suspected gas explosion at Solway's home on the evening of 10 June.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
For years, scientists believed that the rapid rise of diverse and complex animals, known as the Cambrian explosion, began around 535 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
It would be impossible for Papa to vanish from the earth without an explosion of grief from the air itself.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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