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An attempt to detonate or diffuse the bomb failed, so Officer Brian Murray and three others were lowered into the crater.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He said residents in towns south of Tyre left after hearing reports in the Lebanese media that Israel might detonate nearby.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Oil spikes don’t cause recessions alone — they detonate existing fragilities,” the Rapidan team said.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

The US currently uses computer simulations and other non-explosive means to test its nuclear weapons, and therefore does not have a practical justification to detonate them, multiple experts said.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

The realizations continued to detonate in my brain like atomic bombs going off, one after another.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

She’s known for a soft, whispery vocal tone that occasionally detonates into a scream—here, it’s robotized via vocoder to suggest coldness and distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In these events, an incoming object such as a comet detonates above the ground, releasing intense heat and shockwaves that reach Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

No one detonates a room with honesty and irritation quite like Bill Burr, and his latest, “Drop Dead Years,” shows the comedian in his fully evolved form.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

If Wilder detonates early and finishes Herndon quicker than Torrez did, expect someone somewhere to shout: "He's back!"

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

Halftime Right after you glance at April waving from the bleachers, your stomach detonates: KABOOM! and you lose it right there behind the bench in Pernell’s gym bag.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

Video footage on social media showed large secondary explosions, suggesting stored ammunition was detonated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Instead, the round detonated prematurely at 453 meters, or about 1,486 feet, in the air, around 3,300 feet from its firing location, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

It has been alleged in court that Adams is as "culpable" for the attacks as those who planted and detonated the bombs.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The United States last test detonated a nuclear bomb in 1992.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

She felt like she was back on the deck of the Argo II, holding the Boreads’ ice grenade just before it detonated.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

After safely detonating the device at another location, the police informed Ewan that the device was a practice bomb used to send flare signals 20,000 ft in the air.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

The drone, designed by Perennial Autonomy, a company backed by former Google CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt using Ukrainian engineers, destroys other drones by detonating close by and has proven popular in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

If your goal is to save money on taxes, detonating the tax torpedo is not ideal.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

Earlier this month, Dutch officials said they thought four youths arrested on suspicion of detonating an explosive device outside a Rotterdam synagogue might have been recruited by Iran.

From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026

The detonating device was publication of a letter Jefferson had written in 1801 to Joseph Priestley, the English scientist and renowned critic of Christianity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis