mushroom cloud

Example Sentences

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Harry Truman’s legacy froze the moment the mushroom cloud rose over Hiroshima.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

And just as nuclear blasts produce a distinctive mushroom cloud, uncontrolled wildfires can be powerful enough to generate their own weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Some images showed Margot Robbie with a mushroom cloud hairstyle.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2023

"Barbie" Twitter account replied to a fanart poster of Barbie sitting on the shoulders of Oppenheimer in front of an atomic mushroom cloud, the "Barbie" U.S.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2023

Floyd Chaceley, who never smiles, on my right, laughing like Lord Satan in a mushroom cloud.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell