blockbuster
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“I don’t think we will see a blockbuster jobs report on Friday.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Mr. Cruise’s last film, the eighth “Mission: Impossible” adventure, about an artificial-intelligence agent called the Entity, was an action blockbuster that had more thematic resonance than this one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Kreiz, who has led Mattel since 2018 and oversaw its move into film with the 2023 blockbuster "Barbie," will join Paramount on October 5 and take a seat on the board at closing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sarries were short of domination - the lead swapped hands four times in the final half hour of a blockbuster - but victory away at Leicester was a fine statement of intent.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Yes, it’s a blockbuster, coming to a theater near you, called Deal with Your Own Crap.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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It is hard to say how much to chalk up to AI, rather than longer-running trends like the decline of newspapers, record sales and Hollywood blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Bountiful DVD sales meant most films were profitable, even if they weren’t box office blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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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