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blast

[blast] / blæst /


NOUN
gust of wind
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In the immediate aftermath of the 2025 blast, Nancy Lemus alleged in her lawsuit that Sheriff Cmdr.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

It said the blast furnaces were "no longer financially sustainable," blaming "highly challenging" market conditions, tariffs and costs associated with moving to lower-carbon production techniques.

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

This stopped its owner, Jingye, from closing blast furnaces, but the company remained privately owned.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

In the hours before the explosion, workers had laid out fire hoses in preparation for the seawater injection, but those had been damaged by the blast.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

He’d seen the TV commercials for the new sets, powered by “smart bricks” that light up when laser blasts are fired and emit a chorus of zooming spacecraft engine sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 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

Play soft music to drown out fireworks blasts and give your pet something to do, like putting treats inside an interactive toy, to keep them calm and happy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Dione Frost was up until 03:00 preparing the event and now drag queens entertain the crowd as Christina Aguilera's Lady Marmalade blasts from the speakers.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Though the Crepuscule was armed with but sixteen guns, the noise of their detonation was great, and as we labored to stand in the darkness, cannon blasts quaked the whole ship from strake to stringer.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

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

Material blasted into space by an impact must endure enormous challenges.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

I blasted through, and there was the Hillside linebacker.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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 19-year-old Italian let the race settle down before remorselessly homing in on the Ferrari and blasting past Hamilton on the Hangar Straight on lap eight after strategically saving his battery charge.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

You could tell it mattered at least a little when the U.S. scored three minutes into the game, Auston Trusty settling a corner and blasting it home for the lead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Sebastien Leas, a forecaster at France's weather service, likened it to a "vacuum cleaner, drawing in heat and masses of hot air rising from North Africa" and blasting it northward in a violent torrent.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Engineers are blasting, changing the course of the river!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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