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explode

[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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The cost of Minnesota’s mistake exploded during the pandemic with the Feeding Our Future scandal.

From The Wall Street Journal

AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.

From Barron's

The risk that January evening was from an experimental SpaceX rocket ship that exploded minutes after liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Younger Dryas hypothesis proposes that around 12,800 years ago, fragments of a comet exploded above Earth, setting off a sudden global cooling episode known as the Younger Dryas.

From Science Daily

The event has exploded on social media, often attracting over 100 participants on warm summer nights.

From Los Angeles Times