explosion
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These include the shifts in audience habits engendered by the pandemic and the explosion of streaming, which has seen viewers choosing to stay on the couch.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
He said the "most obvious" factor that might have caused the rise is "the explosion in the population of noble false widow".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
All of it points to a classic problem that has popped up in technology booms throughout history, from the 19th-century railroad expansion to the telecom and internet explosion of the early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
An explosion of maritime traffic in the decades after powered the rise of mammoth conglomerates buying inputs from far-flung suppliers and chasing whichever consumer offered the biggest, quickest profit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
A man named Toru Anzai, who lived in the town of Iitate, a full 25 miles northwest of the Fukushima plant, later remembered the explosion at reactor 4.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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