Molotov cocktail
Example Sentences
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Yet, Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
“Sorry to Bother You” is a Molotov cocktail in movie form, an explosive introduction to the brain of Boots Riley, who blends Michel Gondry’s playfulness with Spike Lee’s verve.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2018
The new tactic has been dubbed the “poopootov” in a play on the Molotov cocktail often seen at streets protests in Venezuela.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2017
But with a new proposal, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has lobbed a miniature Molotov cocktail into the usually staid world of audit standards, upsetting investor groups and experts in the field.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2016
"American Idiot" was warmly received in its Berkeley Repertory Theatre debut, and hit Broadway in April 2010 like a musical Molotov cocktail.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2012
