explode
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San Antonio arrived in a city ready to explode.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
As AI applications explode in popularity, Reitzes says, IBM could see an “unexpected surprise” regarding its flagship public cloud offering, Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Prediction markets have seen volume explode over the past year, as investors have turned to them to place bets on everything from the Iran war to elections.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
"I was conned. I was duped. I felt like my head was going to explode."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
With his lips clamped shut and his eyes bulging out of their sockets, he looked like a toad on steroids, but Mamá knew he was about to explode, so she nudged me aside.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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