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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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Hezbollah militants are now using new tactics including explosive drones guided by fiber-optic wire that Israel is struggling to counter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet, black representation was cutting through the American mainstream - whether through Carole Gist making history as the first black woman to win Miss USA, or the explosive rise of hip-hop.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The United Nations representative on the island warned Thursday that the humanitarian emergency, coupled with the onset of the Caribbean hurricane season, made for an "explosive cocktail."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

This explosive spending is being reflected in the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

When truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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