detonate
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"Pulling real users into generated photos without explicit consent is a privacy landmine waiting to detonate," one user wrote on X, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
An attempt to detonate or diffuse the bomb failed, so Officer Brian Murray and three others were lowered into the crater.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He said residents in towns south of Tyre left after hearing reports in the Lebanese media that Israel might detonate nearby.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Oil spikes don’t cause recessions alone — they detonate existing fragilities,” the Rapidan team said.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Fortunately for Hanson the bomb failed to detonate.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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When a nuclear weapon detonates or a serious reactor accident occurs, an immense burst of energy is released in less than a millionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
But every year, as wrapping paper detonates across the living room and a small mountain of objects emerges—some beloved, some baffling—I have the same unseasonal thought: This is wildly inefficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
If Wilder detonates early and finishes Herndon quicker than Torrez did, expect someone somewhere to shout: "He's back!"
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
Halftime Right after you glance at April waving from the bleachers, your stomach detonates: KABOOM! and you lose it right there behind the bench in Pernell’s gym bag.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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Questions about safety, data provenance, copyright and geopolitical risk arrived only after the model had already detonated across the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In June 1981, before becoming president, he survived a bombing claimed by the Mujahedin-e Khalq group, when an explosive device concealed in a tape recorder detonated during a speech.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Instead, the round detonated prematurely at 453 meters, or about 1,486 feet, in the air, around 3,300 feet from its firing location, according to the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
European and British authorities launched a joint investigation after several self-igniting parcels detonated in Germany, Poland and at a DHL depot in the UK in 2024.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Indeed it was seeing her in Shakespeare’s play at the Paris Odeon that detonated the infatuation in the first place.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The drone, designed by Perennial Autonomy, a company backed by former Google CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt using Ukrainian engineers, destroys other drones by detonating close by and has proven popular in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
If your goal is to save money on taxes, detonating the tax torpedo is not ideal.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Earlier this month, Dutch officials said they thought four youths arrested on suspicion of detonating an explosive device outside a Rotterdam synagogue might have been recruited by Iran.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
Prince Harry visited a village near to a minefield and met children who are given lessons in how to avoid detonating the explosives.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
And as for all that talk of detonating his arrows by hand, he’ll never get the chance.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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