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explosion

[ik-sploh-zhuhn] / ɪkˈsploʊ ʒən /


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Romania border police recorded the sound of the drone, then a Bulgarian border police patrol spotted "a loud explosion accompanied by black smoke", Radev added, speaking after an extraordinary meeting of his cabinet's security council.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

Outside Odesa, after a recent drone explosion, we found 83-year-old Andrii Dudik, surveying the mangled wreckage of his house and garden.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The ongoing explosion of revival screenings in Los Angeles is an opportunity not just to revisit accepted classics, but also to give a spotlight to undersung oddball picks deserving of broader attention.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The damage remained limited to cells located close to the explosion.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

With an explosion that left my ears ringing well into the new year, the whole stove stood up on its hind legs.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Repeated explosions reportedly rang out over Novorossiysk throughout the night as air defences shot down aerial objects.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The Sun is constantly spewing out matter and charged particles, sometimes unleashing full-blown solar storms that shoot out giant explosions of plasma and other matter.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

NSO astronomer Dr David Kuridze, told BBC News: "These twisting motions are creating magnetic energy, which can build up to produce those large-scale explosions."

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

In his telling, the combination made him conceited and aggrieved and accounted for the bizarre explosions of rage that punctuated his youth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Later, Brugman would find out that her brother, on the west coast of Washington, heard what sounded like eight explosions.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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