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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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Gen. Rob Bonta abruptly pulled out of a planned mediation session Monday to seek a resolution to the antitrust lawsuit that has stalled Paramount Skydance’s blockbuster $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Covid put Moderna on the map, but sustainable growth is more likely to come from developing a blockbuster cancer drug.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Elon Musk's space company went public in June at a value of $1.77 trillion and raised $85.7 billion in its blockbuster initial public offering, the largest in history.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

In their 2021 blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described the freedom to make her own choices as "liberating".

From BBC Aug. 21, 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

The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Roche’s purchase of Genentech was a triumph, securing control of such cancer blockbusters as Avastin and Herceptin.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But is it really worth seeing these blockbusters in Imax?

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Ten years and multiple other blockbusters later, there is an ever-growing speculation that their futures now lie away from the MCU.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Ever since the 1930s, Pinewood had been home to movies ranging from early Alfred Hitchcock mysteries to massive Star Wars blockbusters.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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