explosive
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The results do not mean that magma temperature alone determines how explosive an eruption will be.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
“A piece of malicious cyber code can have the same disruptive effect as an explosive device.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The contentious exchange sparked explosive headlines while further clouding James’ search for love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to "sweep the vehicle as a precaution," the Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
It shatters with the first blow—not an explosive sound, more like the popping of a light bulb, followed by the patter of safety glass pellets.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
An AI agent can’t, for example, attest during check-in that bags don’t contain explosives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Wary of Bertulazzi's past with the Marxist guerilla group the Red Brigades and his bomb-making skills, police called in explosives experts in case it had been rigged to detonate, according to Argentine newspaper Clarín.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The origin of the threats was unclear and airlines said no explosives have been found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Two Ryanair flights, one originating from Dublin and the other from Lisbon, were searched after landing in Rome following anonymous tips but no explosives were found, sources at the city's Fiumicino airport told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
I’ve been won to the side of schoolteachers and nurses, and lost all allegiance to plastic explosives.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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