explode
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"Our findings highlight the need to examine how radiation and winds from young stars shape the surrounding gas before the first supernovae explode."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
It can be pokey, but then things explode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
And all of this could threaten to erode - if not explode - the rock on which scientific research rests: trust.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Those hyperscalers were also starting to fund build-outs with special-purpose vehicles that were off the balance sheets, and leverage started to explode.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
As the vial dropped toward the ground, Frank kicked it over the cliff before it could explode.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
When a massive star explodes as a supernova, for example, the blast can launch the stellar remnant in one direction at high speed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The balloon rises to three times as high as a commercial aircraft flies, before it explodes, sending the bag of film back down to earth which Liggett then develops.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
After just two minutes, it explodes in a burst of sound that leads directly to the hectic “In the Blink of an Eye.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The crew explodes in cheering, celebration, and laughter—but it feels hollow as I look at Autumn.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
It ended up aborting plans to catch its Super Heavy booster, which instead exploded and splashed down into the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
The area has since exploded in population, doubling since the pandemic to about 80,000 people, but the town is mostly housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Yet things changed after “Take It Slow” exploded overnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
But it was in 2006-07 that his career really exploded.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
And in one ear-splitting moment, the molasses tank had exploded apart.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
These exceptionally luminous explosions have raised the possibility that some white dwarfs may reach masses as high as 2.8 times that of the Sun before exploding.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Estrada says one of her goals is exploding the idea many non-Latino people have that “the Latin sound is just one sound.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Sure, occasionally Todd must scream underwater to keep his head from exploding.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
He looked full of purpose as he took his time on stage, fireworks exploding in front of him, his usual smile replaced by a look of determination.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The other pilot’s sharp thinking probably stopped the exploding German shells from hitting Zhenya’s plane.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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