explosive
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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
But details only came out two years later when the country's former spy chief, Arthur Fraser, highlighted the alleged theft in an explosive dossier that he sent to the police.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
Harry heard an explosive bang and a dancing orange light spilled over all of them: Hagrid’s house was on fire.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing explosive
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