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The blast last summer was the deadliest incident for the Sheriff’s Department in 150 years, triggering criminal investigations and more than $350,000 in fines from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

A so-called "Salamander Tap" process can be used to temporarily shut down a blast furnace by drilling a hole to remove any remaining hot metal.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The twin-engine plane’s powerful jet blast sent beachgoers scrambling as sand, umbrellas and chairs were whipped through the air in the Florida community of Pensacola Beach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

In January 1992, a steam blast at El Segundo injured 10 workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The force of that blast had knocked a square panel from unit 2’s exterior, creating a vent for the hydrogen gas building up inside.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Iran's Mehr news agency reported fresh blasts of unknown origin in the south around midday on Monday, adding that they "appear to be coming from the West Coast of Bandar Abbas".

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Macron’s office said he was unaffected by the blasts and that he was carrying out his scheduled visit with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Intense events are now much more likely because these temporary blasts of extra heat are happening in an already hotter ocean.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Since astronomers first identified them in the early 2000s, they have struggled to explain why these explosions remain intensely bright long after a massive star's iron core collapses and blasts its outer layers into space.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mami blasts happy Christmas music—and not the “I’m-dreaming-of-a-white-Christmas” kind.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

From there, the All Blacks quickly worked their way up the field and scored when the vastly experienced Tuipulotu took a pass from second-row partner Josh Lord, blasted past Keenan and touched down.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The highlights of the early cases are canonically familiar: the blasted monochrome landscapes of C.R.W.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

After a surprise layoff by a fintech company five months ago, Abernathy blasted out a bunch of resumes, but that didn’t turn up much.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

French star Kylian Mbappé blasted Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla on X, accusing her of ‘brazen racism’ after Paraguay’s 1-0 World Cup knockout loss to France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The two remaining HYDROs dug their claws into the ice and blasted their engines.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

They did the same dance again, this time while blasting “YMCA,” a song frequently played at Trump rallies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Each has at least three times the mass of the Sun and floods the surrounding region with intense ultraviolet radiation while blasting out powerful stellar winds.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

The stifling heat that has been blasting the Midwest will intensify into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states on Thursday and Friday.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

So instead, firefighters are blasting a constant stream of water into the belly of the warehouse, hoping to drown out the flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

It’s freezing with the air-conditioning blasting our soaked T-shirts.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison