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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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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

But details only came out two years later when the country's former spy chief, Arthur Fraser, highlighted the alleged theft in an explosive dossier that he sent to the police.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Even a perfect report may not have saved Ciena, which has benefited from explosive demand for networking at artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 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

And then the gardener plucks the weed and the flowering plant can fill the world with its brilliance and explosive color.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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