blasting
Example Sentences
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The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, is some 40,000 miles from Earth after blasting off late Wednesday atop a 320-foot-tall SLS rocket.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Players tried to hype themselves up in the locker room by blasting music.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
“Oil’s blasting off like a Tomahawk rocket,” said Manish Raj, managing director of Velandera Energy Partners.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Tired out, finally, they sprawled across the seats and rode the rest of the way with their feet kicked up, blasting Beyoncé on the car stereo as if it were just any old day.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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