exploded
Example Sentences
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As home prices exploded over the last few years, so have home values — and, in turn, property-tax bills.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
A Chinese rocket, the Long March 7A, failed and exploded on its 10 August launch in Wenchang, Hainan, China.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shortly after the video was released, the internet exploded with concern about Grande’s noticeably svelte appearance, and the scenes in the clip that seemed intended to exploit it.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
SaaS exploded in the 2010s, as companies such as Slack and Zoom raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture-capital firms and others went public in blockbuster IPOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There was almost no time at all, a blink of the eye, a heartbeat or two, before a frothing mass of black and dark, dark gray exploded from the empty space.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
