blockbuster
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Another major test for the market this fall: The IPO calendar is expected to heat up, with at least one blockbuster offering, from Anthropic, and other high-profile names expected to list, as well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
If the seven-time major winner comes through that blockbuster clash, he will face either Tiafoe or Michelsen in the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Garrett was acquired in a blockbuster trade that married the NFL’s best defensive player with its best team, and his arrival understandably led Donald back into pads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Overdeck didn’t flinch when he mentioned the figure, just one of the many staggering sums being bandied about in a blockbuster divorce trial under way in a New Jersey courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Without Miss Dixon’s presence, we will no longer have a blockbuster event, publicity-wise. She’s the company icon, Mr. Branitt. She’s our Aunt Jemima, our Betty Crocker, our—” “Tony the Tiger?” said Curly.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But while the festival may lack mass-market blockbusters, there is no shortage of larger-than-life subjects, with films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the volatile Gallagher brothers from the Britpop band Oasis on the calendar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Bountiful DVD sales meant most films were profitable, even if they weren’t box office blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
A swath of other summer blockbusters would be released alongside them; A “Spider-Man” here, a “Mission: Impossible” there.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The conventional bombs of World War II were called blockbusters.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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