explosion

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He only remembers fragments now: the explosion, heat, gas cylinders strewn across the kitchen and his desperate search from room to room, calling his wife's name: "Sarla, Sarla."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Big Tech may now be turning toward equity funding after the recent explosion in debt issuances.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

But the explosion of Anthropic’s business, powered by professionals who use Claude to complete tasks, points to the AI future for consumers, too: when smartphones will act as sophisticated assistants that do something similar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But Blue Origin just saw its plans go up in flames during a ground test explosion of its flagship New Glenn rocket, which damaged their launch platform and heralded delays.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Mom and Jess and the twins joined him in a booth, and he explained that what they’d seen and heard from their classroom earlier was called a steam explosion.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis