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blast

[blast] / blæst /


NOUN
gust of wind
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I’d still love to invite her and Nolan and even Oates to a banquet of wine and roasted fowl and have a blast agreeing to disagree.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The plane can be modified to refuel midair or withstand a nuclear blast.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The plane can be modified to refuel midair, or withstand a nuclear blast.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Local media quoted the operator of the mall, which was evacuated before being ripped apart by the suspected gas blast over an hour after Tuesday's quake, as saying that all employees were now accounted for.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Torak had to lean into the blast just to stay standing, and clutch his cape to stop it being ripped away.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The blasts came after Macron's departure from the building, and moments before Syrian state media announced his arrival at the presidential palace to meet his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

BBC Verify has been analysing video footage of the blasts, which shows the explosions happened approximately 125m from the Four Seasons hotel, on the pavement of Shoukry al-Quowatly, a major thoroughfare running through the capital.

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

The curriculum combined fire hose blasts of information about rod physics and trout-stream entomology with hands-on instruction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Suddenly a loud car horn blasts all the way to my eighth-floor window.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

The rocket blasted off from Florida in January last year, carrying two lunar landers into space.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Instead, enormous quantities of fine debris blasted into the atmosphere may have played the dominant role.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 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

First, Jackson Merrill blasted a ball to left-center field, and, two outs later, Jake Cronenworth drove in two runs with a shot to right-center.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

“I don’t know, I can’t see the blasted thing. This is your infernal creation. Figure it out!”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

The impact would have instantly excavated the crater while blasting huge volumes of rock, sediment, and seawater into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 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

But this time, it won’t be blasting into a different atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Suddenly, a song came blasting out of the radio on his cart and he set to work: sweeping, mopping, moving desks, dusting.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney




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