blow out
Example Sentences
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Duke, the 2026 top overall seed, has a score of 38.90—meaning the Blue Devils would be expected to blow out a team by nearly 39 points over 100 possessions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
That’s because spreads tend to quickly blow out in a crisis, as they did in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the pandemic that began in 2020.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
So I decided to blow out the tenets of my current kitchen triage — salt, acid, oregano — into a full-blown meal.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025
It has also been under scrutiny since an incident in January when a defect caused a panel to blow out on a new Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-MAX jet shortly after takeoff.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
My father gives an exasperated puff of air that could blow out birthday candles.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
