blockbuster
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The blockbuster Ozempic, which put the idea of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on the map, is one of the bigger upcoming patent losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Asian chip firms rallied Thursday following more blockbuster earnings from Nvidia that eased worries over the AI investment boom, though the euphoria was tempered by US data showing stubbornly high inflation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Grand Theft Auto 6 maker Rockstar Games has issued a statement addressing a series of leaked videos showing the upcoming blockbuster video game.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ten years later, Whitney Houston’s blockbuster take on the song, recorded for the soundtrack of “The Bodyguard,” became a multiple Grammy winner and the all-time best-selling single by a female artist.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Without Miss Dixon’s presence, we will no longer have a blockbuster event, publicity-wise. She’s the company icon, Mr. Branitt. She’s our Aunt Jemima, our Betty Crocker, our—” “Tony the Tiger?” said Curly.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The difference is, Zainab was on her way to the recent London premiere of The Odyssey, one of the summer's biggest blockbusters.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
More broadly, investors are starting to ask questions about the company’s long-term growth drivers when major oncology blockbusters such as Tagrisso, Imfinzi and Calquence lose patent protection in the 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But is it really worth seeing these blockbusters in Imax?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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