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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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In their 2021 blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described the freedom to make her own choices as "liberating".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

But in a blockbuster landscape like the one we’re in now, thoughtful constraint is welcome and needed.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Retail investors have rushed to secure shares, submitting 9.8 million orders—more than memory chip maker CXMT’s blockbuster offering drew last month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The eras of "The Odyssey" and the Vikings happened about 2,000 years apart -- so how did a Viking longship end up with a starring role in this year's blockbuster movie?

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

It would be the first traveling blockbuster art exhibition in history.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

A swath of other summer blockbusters would be released alongside them; A “Spider-Man” here, a “Mission: Impossible” there.

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

But is it really worth seeing these blockbusters in Imax?

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

In a summer of Gen Z-driven blockbusters and ancient Greek juggernauts, the 38th entry in the Marvel universe can’t help smelling like your uncle’s sweaty Comic-Con ball cap.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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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