blast
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By far the biggest blast from the past comes when you turn said keyfob and ignite the turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The 426-foot blast gave him 131 career home runs in Chavez Ravine — breaking a tie with Eric Karros for the most in Dodger Stadium history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
While saying there was no major impact yet on its blast furnaces, finance chief Axel Hamann said the company was keeping a close eye on the situation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In April 2025, Britain’s Parliament was recalled on a Saturday to stop the Chinese owner of its last two blast furnaces from letting them go cold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The blast of heat from the fire was immediate and searing.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Since the pandemic, the organization has sent out email and text blasts to the community offering boxes of food — only 150 boxes are available each week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
He’d seen the TV commercials for the new sets, powered by “smart bricks” that light up when laser blasts are fired and emit a chorus of zooming spacecraft engine sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Intense events are now much more likely because these temporary blasts of extra heat are happening in an already hotter ocean.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Around 30 minutes later, AFP journalists saw several flashes in the sky as another series of blasts rang out.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
It was blisteringly cold now, and even the fire could not warm the blasts of wind that crept through the cracks of her balcony doors.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The intro gets blasted at sporting events to raise energy or when something good happens, and it never fails to rally a crowd.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The rocket that blasted from Florida last January was carrying two lunar landers into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The DHS spokesperson blasted Sykes for her ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Instead, enormous quantities of fine debris blasted into the atmosphere may have played the dominant role.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
“This blasted room is always so cold,” he said, his smile disappearing into a scowl.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Those blasting the decision to prosecute Flores include L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” is blasting in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
People were swarming vendors from eateries all around Koreatown, dance circles formed around speakers blasting banda music, and “oohs” and “ahhs” at every missed shot were in perfect sync.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The stifling heat that has been blasting the Midwest will intensify into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states on Thursday and Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
There’s the air conditioner for starters—first too cold and then not cold enough and then noisy and blasting.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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