blockbuster
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Insider Gaming called it "the best campaign ever created", while Eurogamer Germany described it as "a true action blockbuster", despite a "weak storyline".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
As Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the 1986 classic Top Gun, the versatile actor appeared alongside a young Tom Cruise in the blockbuster.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The therapeutic vaccine, called intismeran, is a groundbreaking new approach that makes use of the patient’s own tumor to create a personalized treatment, which is then administered alongside Keytruda, Merck’s blockbuster cancer drug.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
The San Francisco company is preparing for a blockbuster IPO that could help it reach a valuation of $2 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
It was almost like watching the plan beamed straight from his brain onto the screen of a blockbuster movie.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in “Digger,” bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Film fans have had plenty of chances to spot Glasgow on the big screen in recent years, from superhero blockbusters to futuristic sci-fi thrillers.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The film industry rode blockbusters like Spider Man and The Odyssey to a record for domestic ticket sales, Rentrak preliminary data show.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
If these therapies become blockbusters, the diagnostic companies doing that sequencing could hold a lucrative tollbooth on every dose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ever since the 1930s, Pinewood had been home to movies ranging from early Alfred Hitchcock mysteries to massive Star Wars blockbusters.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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