blockbuster
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Half a century later, Saint - by then in her early 80s - made a big screen comeback as Superman's adoptive mother in the 2006 blockbuster Superman Returns.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
So, since that “Odyssey” contract was trading at 50 cents on Kalshi as of Monday afternoon, that means the market believes Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has a 50% chance of winning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The United States Supreme Court opened a new term with a blockbuster climate case on Monday.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 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
It was almost like watching the plan beamed straight from his brain onto the screen of a blockbuster movie.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
The performance marks Cruise’s return to art-house cinema after almost two decades largely focused on action blockbusters including “Top Gun: Maverick” and the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
Cancer immunotherapies like Keytruda and rival drug Opdivo are some of the other major blockbusters set to lose patent protection this decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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
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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