blow up
Example Sentences
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MarketWatch: What actually separates traders who make money consistently from those who blow up their accounts?
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But my phone didn’t blow up that day because of a classic song.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Poorly drafted emergency-power laws, some dating back to the early days of the Republic, are unexploded ordnance that could blow up the constitutional order.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Even in the early minutes of a tumultuous night that saw Scottish football's mad-o-meter blow up in smoke, there were scenes that suggested another extraordinary chapter in the Hearts versus Celtic title story was nigh.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
She knew it would come back and blow up and be worse, all for that window in which something could have been said, and she knew she was, right in that moment, inside that window.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
