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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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Teams including the county’s bomb-sniffing-dog unit investigated and found no explosive devices or hazardous materials in the area, police said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

OpenAI’s vote of confidence for Amazon, coupled with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s shareholder letter last week, signal explosive demand for AWS.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Nonetheless, Novo beat Lilly out of the gate, releasing an oral version of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy in January to explosive demand.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Their idea involves the explosive death of a rare type of black hole known as a "quasi-extremal primordial black hole."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

He had not yet opened his notebook, but he could already hear the explosive scratch of Cari’s pencil across her page.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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