explode

Example Sentences

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“It exploded through the stratosphere. We didn’t expect that. We were focused on looking for something that told the narrative. It felt like it had been bigger than ever before,” Felder said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Of course, when you think about that, one of the first things you think about is copper, and copper prices are exploding after the Fed chairman’s comments,” he said in a Thursday report.

From MarketWatch

"My temperature was rising to my head and apparently that's a sign of the blood pressure rising - it feels like a volcano, you're going to explode, but I didn't realise."

From BBC

Within seconds the room explodes with hoots and catcalls.

From Literature

Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves coming from an unusually rare kind of exploding star.

From Science Daily