explosive
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Hezbollah militants are now using new tactics including explosive drones guided by fiber-optic wire that Israel is struggling to counter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Yet, black representation was cutting through the American mainstream - whether through Carole Gist making history as the first black woman to win Miss USA, or the explosive rise of hip-hop.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
This explosive spending is being reflected in the stock market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Anthropic, which is expected to go public this year, defied skeptics by posting explosive sales growth and its first operating profit in the second quarter—powered by coding tools that have become popular with corporate clients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
He turned the explosive this way and that and then looked at me, eyebrow raised.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing explosive
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2015 National Spelling Bee Words
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