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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley both weighed in at their career-heaviest and promised another explosive encounter in Saturday's heavyweight world-title rematch in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the explosive growth of AI has some investors nervous that we could be in for another popping bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some abilities, particularly explosive muscle power, peaked even earlier.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

As presented here, “My Aim Is True” is every bit as explosive and exciting as the original release, an album that featured a clever blend of punk, rockabilly, pop and new wave sounds.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Stimson told me that he wanted me to know about an immense project that was underway—-a project looking to the development of a new explosive of almost unbelievable power,” recalled Truman.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Tawfiq Al Haboun pointed to shards of fibre glass and bits of metal at his feet – part of a downed Houthi drone that he said was carrying C4 explosives.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

A bomb disposal unit was deployed and a nearby village evacuated, but police found no explosives at the scene.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

U.K. counterterrorism police arrested five men next to the base last weekend but released them on bail after finding no explosives in their vans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

British counterterrorism police said Tuesday that the vans didn’t contain improvised explosives, but they recovered some fuel in the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

He ignored Jesper’s stung expression and doled kruge out to Wylan for explosives and to Nina for whatever she’d need in her tailoring kit.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo


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