dynamite

Example Sentences

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It was dynamite — a sign that barrier construction that began in 2020 but was never finished had restarted, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

It’s a reference to the Nobel Peace Prize and its founder, Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The artwork depicts Kahlo sleeping in a bed that appears to float through the sky, beneath a skeleton with its legs wrapped in sticks of dynamite.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

There could be a stick of dynamite in her estate plan.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

They’re afraid of Pilar’s curiosity as if it were a stick of dynamite that could blow apart their lives.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García