blockbuster
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After swinging from victory to victory, the Tom Holland and Zendaya-led blockbuster caught second place this weekend, bringing in another $8.4 million, for a global total of $2.45 billion over its seven weeks in cinemas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Garrett was acquired in a blockbuster trade that married the NFL’s best defensive player with its best team, and his arrival understandably led Donald back into pads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Last week, Nvidia reported blockbuster second-quarter earnings results, which led to the company achieving its largest one-day market-capitalization gain on record.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Overdeck didn’t flinch when he mentioned the figure, just one of the many staggering sums being bandied about in a blockbuster divorce trial under way in a New Jersey courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And I can always find something to mock in a blockbuster.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
But while the festival may lack mass-market blockbusters, there is no shortage of larger-than-life subjects, with films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the volatile Gallagher brothers from the Britpop band Oasis on the calendar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
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 positive results sent Moderna’s share price soaring and rippled through drug industry stocks as investors saw the potential for more future blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Like shoppers trying to keep the fridge stocked, pharmaceutical chiefs are constantly hunting for promising biotech drugs to replace expiring blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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