explosions
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Their Nobel-winning work relied on observations of Type Ia supernovae, extremely bright explosions produced by white dwarf stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Motor City” and movies like it — think “Sisu,” “Silent Night” and other screen explosions — are the opposite all that.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Johann Goldammer, head of the Global Fire Monitoring Center, a research and advisory group in Germany, said extended hot dry spells and the deterioration of old ammunition are making explosions more likely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Separately, there have been reports of a fire and explosions at a logistics centre of Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, in the Voronezh region.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
And there is so much time to be endured, time heavy as fried food or thick fog; and then all at once these red events, like explosions, on streets otherwise decorous and matronly and somnambulent.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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