smash
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Yet Dean brought a fresh, easy-wearing charm to singles such as the Hot 100 smash “Man I Need,” a Whitney Houston-caliber banger that heralded an artfully emotive record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even if Christopher Nolan‘s film adaptation of “The Odyssey” is a smash hit, Matt Damon doesn’t think we’ll see a boom in epics of a similar scale.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Martyn Pope and Dean Hollands said adrenaline "kicked in" as they arrived to help, using tools from their van to take out a window and smash through the doors.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Some 68,800 witnesses were convinced that one of the greatest marksmen of all time was going to run-up and smash it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
His near physics-defying slides along the baseline and basketball-like hangtime before smashes have cemented his status as a fan favourite.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
When a pianist smashes a bunch of keys at once, he replies, from far away, “That’s every note except F sharp.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The duo performed Madonna's 1990 hit "Vogue" and 1989's "Like A Prayer" -- chart smashes around the world a decade before Carpenter was born.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
One smashes as I kick it off, leaving a green smear across my sneakers, which I know from experience ain’t coming out.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
U.S. viewership of this World Cup has smashed prior records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Great Britain's Josh Kerr smashed the long-standing men's mile world record with a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
As Vienna grapples with smashed record after smashed record for tourist numbers, a plan to more than double its visitors' tax has worried hotel owners fearful of killing the Austrian capital's golden goose.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the third-place game against West Germany, he smashed home four more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It smashed Beefy’s dresser, pulled the wallpaper from the walls.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
A thought too for Weatherley, who finished as the leading scorer in the competition with 591, and also became the leading run-scorer on Finals Day with 163, smashing Luke Wright's record of 125 from 2018.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The World Baseball Classic was a smashing success this year, even as the United States started a rookie pitcher in the championship game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Mark Loftus has been a New York Yankees fan since the days when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were smashing home runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Typhoon Bavi is expected to pound Taiwan's north and east, as well as Japan's remote southwestern islands, on Friday and Saturday before smashing into China, which has been hit by deadly storms this week.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The sailor began smashing and breaking open cabin doors that had jammed.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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