blast

Example Sentences

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I was filled with the same hope I had as a pre-teen watching Apollo 11 blast off for the historic moon landing.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Artemis II is slated to blast off at about 6:24 p.m.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

They will watch as four astronauts blast into space in the hope of flying around the Moon and potentially travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Some of you–you know who you are—may not have been watching because you saw Duke blast out to a 19-point first half lead and figured the brick-flinging Huskies were cooked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Because it was well recorded, both in film and in eyewitness accounts, volcanologists gained an understanding of what a blast from the side of a volcano, rather than from its top, might do.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone