cherry bomb

Example Sentences

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“It’s maybe an M-80 or a cherry bomb, but the explosion wasn’t just like a firecracker or an M-80, it actually had some pyrotechnics to it, so it was fairly large.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

After the band finished one of her newer songs, a euphoric disco cherry bomb called Tomorrow, she carried on the chorus a capella, apparently having the time of her life.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2022

“It is unlikely, let me just be perfectly candid, that police can chase down every cherry bomb that pops up in the District of Columbia,” Bowser said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2020

The cherry bomb on top was a photo from first lady Melania Trump’s Twitter account that appeared to feature a grinning president with a 2-month-old infant who was orphaned during the El Paso shooting.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2019

This could have been the work of a cherry bomb.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck