explosion
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But the explosion of Anthropic’s business, powered by professionals who use Claude to complete tasks, points to the AI future for consumers, too: when smartphones will act as sophisticated assistants that do something similar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A day later, on May 26, officials said the threat of a smaller explosion was eliminated, and all remaining evacuation orders were lifted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It took more than a year for SpaceX to resume flights from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral after a preflight explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket in 2016.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Residents described devastation and confusion following the explosion.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The cliff tipped forward, slowly at first, but gaining speed, until it crashed into the surf with a tremendous explosion of sea spray.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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