smash
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She probably won’t smash quite as many skulls as Jack Reacher, but it looks like a decent action show that dads everywhere will enjoy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The floods and landslides that struck Nepal and China's autonomous Tibet region saw a tsunami-like wall of water bury homes, smash bridges and sweep away vehicles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
First, Brazil's Alison dos Santos defied expectations to smash the 400m hurdles world record.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Coogler’s recent deal with Warner Bros. to regain ownership rights to his smash hit “Sinners” was a boon for filmmakers who’ve long been frustrated with studio greed and meddling.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
An itinerant photographer who took the only picture of him that could have been preserved was forced to smash his plates without developing them.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
It smashes Forest's previous record sale when Anthony Elanga was transferred to Newcastle last summer for an initial £55m.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
After writing the bestseller “Clive: Inside the Record Business,” he and Columbia Pictures joined forces in 1974 to launch Arista, which had a streak of smashes starting with Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
I could picture it: the big moment when the hero grabs the bank and smashes it against the table.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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Roads and dozens of bridges have been smashed, and power plants destroyed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
At CERN, atomic nuclei can be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A police pursuit early Wednesday through Los Angeles ended in dramatic fashion when the fleeing vehicle smashed into a row of parked cars, injuring the driver and scattering glass and debris across the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yulia Kakulia-Danyliuk, a librarian in Kapytolivka, has described the destruction in that village: “Everything was smashed and broken, books were scattered everywhere. There was filth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
His jacket had gone with the smashed sailboat, his handkerchief with the catamaran.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Grammy-winning artist Olivia Dean is packing arenas and smashing records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"He's absolutely smashing it," influencer and former reality show star Georgia Harrison, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, told Times Radio.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"It's something really huge smashing into the Moon. It's not remotely dangerous, we can just watch the show," says Dr Matt Bothwell, public astronomer at the University of Cambridge.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Grković said it seemed like part of the plane's engine had broken off, smashing the window next to her husband and causing decompression in the cabin.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
From the common room comes the sound of smashing glass.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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