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Staff and customers evacuated when the air-raid alert sounded, so no one was killed in the blast, says a young police officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The mines responsible for the blast, which left three soldiers wounded, were believed to have been laid as part of Pyongyang's border fortification work, according to South Korea's defence minister Kang Shin-chul.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

One resident near the intelligence headquarters said the blast was loud enough to trigger car alarms.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Who doesn’t love a pre-weekend blast from the past?

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

This “cone of silence,” which has since been noted in other volcanic eruptions, meant that anyone close to the mountain didn’t hear the blast.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul previously said on Tuesday that the blasts were a "clear" violation of the 1953 armistice, which halted active combat in the Korean War.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

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From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometers of the blasts was shattered.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

A Khamis Mushait resident told AFP he heard "intense blasts" which left fires burning for a "long time".

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Now they had firsthand accounts that volcanoes could—and did—erupt with violent lateral blasts as well as vertical blasts.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The proscenium frame was a giant hole blasted through a concrete wall with ends of rebar sticking out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Strong surf across Southern California this weekend blasted through a seawall in Long Beach, caused a massive sinkhole at a celebrity’s Malibu home and damaged several Dana Point homes, among other issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nasa's powerful next-generation telescope has blasted off into space from its launchpad in Florida, with a mission to explore dark energy, black holes and other mysteries of the Universe.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

China's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan blasted as a "provocation".

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

By the time they actually blasted off, my calculations had long been completed and the now-reliable electronic computers—some programmed with my computations—had taken over.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Dozens gathered outside the courthouse, wearing “Free Durk” shirts and blasting the rapper’s music on a speaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

He pointed out cracks in the premises that he said were caused by underground blasting.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The company says loyalty members visit about three times as often as other customers, so the opportunity is turning casual diners into regulars, leaning on personalized offers rather than blasting the same message to everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nepali authorities are blasting into hillsides to try and reach those trapped, with a controlled blast carried out at the Trishuli site in an attempt to open up access in the early hours of Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

To Pearl’s delight—and Moody’s great irritation—the three of them climbed into Lexie’s Explorer and they headed down Parkland Drive toward the house on Winslow, TLC blasting from the rolled-down windows.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng