explosions
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Buskers perform on the city's famous Potemkin Stairs, while sunbathers barely flinch as the sirens sound and explosions rumble in the distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
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
Over the following days, explosions rang in the air while the ship's navigation system stopped working.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The explosions stopped, or maybe I just couldn’t hear them anymore.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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