blowup

Example Sentences

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One lending blowup is showing how America’s banks helped fuel the private-credit boom, and what could happen in its unraveling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Following the blowup with the Pentagon, Amodei told CBS News that Congress should weigh in on how AI could be used for mass surveillance in ways that he suggested haven’t caught up with current laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

But by his measure, it’s “only” 1998, when the blowup of Long-Term Capital Management spooked the S&P 500, but the market still had a good distance left to run.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Ahead of the August 2024 blowup, speculators were extremely short on the yen.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

If she’s about to tell them what I think she’s about to tell them, we’re about to have a blowup.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas