explode
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The news comes at a time when the buzzword “longevity” has become synonymous with wellness, and as the U.S. centenarian population is expected to explode over the next few decades.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"We never expected that a cell could just explode like a bomb and kill the cells surrounding it," said senior author Bo Wang, associate professor of bioengineering in the schools of Engineering and Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
"There are days when you wake up and you just want to explode," he says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The arachnid hormones in his body are surging, causing his pupils to turn black and his temper to explode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
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
“You don’t want an air bag that explodes, and you don’t want an air bag that under-inflates,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Both companies are major manufacturers of semiconductors and computer hardware, and earnings for those companies have skyrocketed as demand for memory chips explodes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
“The population really explodes in those kinds of situations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Her team explodes with hoots as they take first place.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
The mochi balls of doughy rice filled with ice-cream exploded on TikTok, but its apparent overnight success was more than a decade in the making.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But after five years in the minors, he exploded onto the scene on Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As home prices exploded over the last few years, so have home values — and, in turn, property-tax bills.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The chocolaty flavors exploded in her mouth like fireworks!
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
Alas, “Out of the Further” merely serves up exploding televisions and cut-rate smoke machines, making this seemingly menacing purgatory feel more like a bummer way station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Telecom companies assumed internet traffic would continue exploding, so they raced to build nationwide and transoceanic fiber networks before the customers and revenue were there.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown immune cell that destroys nearby cells by exploding.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Beyond the fragile security of the familiar walls of Marina’s home, her Motherland was exploding.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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