blown up

Example Sentences

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“You’ve blown up a lot of things that have to be redrilled. They’ve shut in wells, different things,” he said, referring to fallout from the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

But you got to train people to be able to learn how to learn again and again when their disciplines get blown up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Ludmilla's own home was destroyed, she says, when the Kakhovka Dam further up the Dnipro river was blown up under Russian occupation in June 2023, causing catastrophic flooding.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

"It's blown up because it's a discussion about the cost of everything, the overall frustration that people have," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

“Dad,” I said, “I wish to heaven your plan hadn’t blown up in our faces.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck